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 331 : Bird's head knife "musede"
Gabon, Kota
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 332 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Nzebi/northern Sango
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
not available anymore
Lot 333 : Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 334 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Tsogho
Werner Peiner, Kronenburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1920) Peiner (1897-1981) was a German painter. He first travelled to Africa in 1936 and was fascinated by the landscape, the animals and the people he encountered. He took hundreds of photographs, collected masks and shields and, under the impression of his experiences, wrote the book "Das Gesicht Ostafrikas" in 1937. Since his journey there, depictions of African landscapes, portraits and animals formed a significant part of his oeuvre.
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 335 : Rare mask "ikwara"
Gabon, Punu
André Schoeller, Paris, France French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 336 : Female figural fragment
Gabon, Punu
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 800
Lot 337 : Spoon
Gabon, Punu
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 338 : Anthropmomorphic face mask
Gabon, Tsogho
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 340 : Male/female couple "gheonga"
Gabon, Tsogho/Lumbo
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 900
Lot 341 : Head sculpture
Gabon, Tsogho
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 342 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1993, lot 350 David Henrion, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 343 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbanza
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 344 : Sickle knife
D. R. Congo
not available anymore
Lot 345 : Power figure
D. R. Congo
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium (2006)
not available anymore
Lot 346 : Rare mask
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 347 : Two bells
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Belgian Colonial Collection Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 348 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
presumably Klaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 349 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 350 : Standing colon figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Colonial Collection, Antwerp Gustaaf Bulkens (1935-2013), Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 351 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bira
not available anymore
Lot 352 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bira/Kumu
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 353 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 354 : Tobacco pipe
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
not available anymore
Lot 355 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Bwende/Bembe
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 356 : Caryarid stool
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 357 : Figural snuff container
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
French Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, lot 369
not available anymore
Lot 358 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 359 : Mask dancer "cikunza"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 400
Lot 360 : Female power figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 500
Lot 361 : Small standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 362 : Upper part of dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 200
Lot 363 : Two initiation staffs in shape of snakes
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 364 : Vessel
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Ivan Beghin, Belgium (collected in Pangi territory in Maniema province at the end of the 1950's/early 1960's, where he worked as medical officer)
sold EUR 650
Lot 365 : Rare panel
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 366 : Cult knife
D. R. Congo, Ekonda
sold EUR 370
Lot 367 : Post figure "lagala"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 412 French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 368 : Standing female figure "mwunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
sold EUR 600
Lot 369 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, Holo
Léon Gani, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 370 : Figural pendant
D. R. Congo, Hungana
Bernard Dulon, Paris, France (1985) Private Collection (1985-2011) Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France (2011) Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium (2013)
not available anymore
Lot 371 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 372 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Old British Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 558
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 373 : Anthropomorphic palm wine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 374 : Box with lid
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 375 : Large rectangular box with lid
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 376 : Zoomorphic friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 377 : Belt "nkody mu-ikup" and beaded pendant
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Colonial Collection Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1998)
sold EUR 150
Lot 379 : Mask "nsembu"
D. R. Congo, Kumu
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 380 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kusu/Hemba
Lawson B. Mooney (1922-1998), Boston/Montauban, USA/France
not available anymore
Lot 381 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Private Collection, Middelburg, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 382 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore