March 4, 2017

85th Tribal Art Auction

Classic, traditional and exceptional art works. Notable carving works, ex. collection Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland. The Ethiopian Collection of Sachau-Zeies. The second part of the Rielau Collection. Masks and sculptures from the peoples of Gabon. An important gold jewellery collection from the Akan peoples. Small 'mu po' sculptures from Cameroon. Oceanic and South Pacific art.

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Highlights

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Lot 5: Squatting figure "bulul", before 1914
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Lot 32: Male ancestor figure "kandimboang", collected around 1890
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Lot 34: Large drum, around 1880
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Lot 44: War charm, around 1880
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Lot 58: Stilt step "tapuva'e"
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Lot 133: Figure of hermaphrodite
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Lot 134: Very old figure, 15 th - 17th century
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Lot 152: Zoomorphic mask "karan-wemba"
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Lot 169: Maternité of the Agba area workshop, around 1920
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Lot 170: Large bowl-bearing figure, around 1910
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Lot 174: Female mask "kpan", before 1920
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Lot 183: Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
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Lot 188: Rare female figure "tale ko"
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Lot 208: Maternité "katyeleo" ("mother of the village")
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Lot 270: Rare "obu" shrine figure
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Lot 281: Figure "iphri"
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Lot 329: Rare ancestor shrine
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Lot 330: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 341: Head sculpture
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Lot 370: Figural pendant
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Lot 386: Mask "lukungu"
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Lot 470: Icon, Triptych, 17th century
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Lot 474: Phallic stone stela, 13th-17th century
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Lot 475: Anthropomorphic stone stela
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Lot 477: Ancestor post "waga" or "waka"

85th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 279 : Spherical vessel
Nigeria, Nupe
sold EUR 220
Lot 280 : Tobacco pipe
Nigeria, Tiv
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 281 : Figure "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo
Helen Kuhn, Los Angeles, USA Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 282 : Altar figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 284 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa/Ajasse
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 285 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 286 : Male/female couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 287 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 520
Lot 288 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Erin
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 289 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Eruwa
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 290 : Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 480
Lot 291 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
sold EUR 470
Lot 292 : Fan
Nigeria, Yoruba
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 250
Lot 293 : Janus sceptre "ipawo ase"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu-Ode
Willem E. Geyskens, Diest, Belgium (collected in situ in the late 1960's) French Private Collection Alain Lecomte, Paris, France (2010) Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 294 : Ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 295 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection (1960s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 297 : "Eshu" dance wand
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 298 : Amulet of the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection (1960s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 300 : Two oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection (1960's) German Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 301 : Helmet mask "epa" or "elefon"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 302 : Zoomorphic water spirit mask
Nigeria, Yoruba/Ijebu
not available anymore
Lot 303 : Beadwork
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old Missionary Collection German Private Collection, Munich
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 304 : Beadwork
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old Missionary Collection German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Small standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Cameroon and Southwest Africa (before 1920) Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2003, lot 107 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 März 2014, lot 519
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 306 : Fragment of male protective figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Batie
French Private Collection Olivier Larroque, Nimes, France (2015) Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 307 : Small power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s) Swiss Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 308 : Female power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s) Swiss Collection
not available anymore
Lot 309 : Small male figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s) Swiss Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 310 : Female statuette "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamoon
Maurice W. Shapiro, New York, USA Christie's, New York, 11 November 1993, lot 103 Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 9 March 2013, lot 116
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 311 : Small figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Galerie Majestic, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 312 : Standing small figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s) Swiss Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 313 : Small janus figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France Swiss Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 314 : Small standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
John Lens, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 315 : Small male power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s) Swiss Collection
not available anymore
Lot 316 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Bambuluwe
not available anymore
Lot 317 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 318 : Headpiece of a royal flywhisk
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Gi Mateusen, Turnhout, Belgium
sold EUR 400
Lot 319 : Helmet mask
Cameroon, Widekum (Monemo)
acquired in New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 320 : Anthropomorphic dance crest "tukum"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 528
sold EUR 800
Lot 321 : Mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 322 : Superb prestige pipe bowl
Cameroon, Bali
Adolf Diehl, Germany ("74789 Bali.Diehl") Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (inventory number: "L. 1085/139") Baudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium (before 1970) Artcurial, Paris, 5 December 2006, lot 327 Adolf Diehl was a german fieldcollector and General Director of Plantations in Cameroon as well as representative of the Gesellschaft Nordwest Kamerun. He collected hundreds of objects on commission for the ethnographic museums in Leipzig and Stuttgart.
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 323 : Sitting male figure "lekat" of the "kungan" society
Cameroon, Bangwa
Alain Schoffel, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 324 : Ceremonial paddle
Cameroon, Duala
Reuben Reubens, London, England
sold EUR 400
Lot 325 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Fali
Jean Chatelus, France Alain Lecomte, Paris, France Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 8 September 2012, lot 360
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 327 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
collected in situ (1970's)
sold EUR 600
Lot 328 : Anthropo-/zoomorphic mask (gorilla)
Gabon, Mimongo area
Patrice Bremond, Nice, France Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 329 : Rare ancestor shrine
Gabon, Fang
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 330 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota
La Reine Margot, Paris, France Hermann auf der Heide (1934-2003), Germany
sold EUR 3,500