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 383 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Thoma, La Hulpe, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 384 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
collected around 1930 in Shabunda Territory (approved by F. J. Aurez, Commissaire de District honoraire, Directeur des Affaires Indigènes du Congo Belge, Bruxelles, 5.11. 1972) Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 385 : Small female figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
brought to Belgium by the Capuchine Friar Coenraad (secular name: Marcel van Hollebeke) before World War II - Family Estate after his death Private Belgian Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 386 : Mask "lukungu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Old Belgian Colonial Collection Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 387 : Small mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Michel Boulanger, Liege, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 388 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Ivan Beghin, Belgium (collected in Pangi territory in Maniema province end of 1950's/early 1960's, where he worked as medical officer)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 389 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 600
Lot 390 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 5,200
Lot 391 : Billhook
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 10
Lot 392 : Tapa beater
D. R. Congo, Lega
Ivan Beghin, Belgium (collected in Pangi territory in Maniema province end of 1950's/early 1960's, where he worked as medical officer)
not available anymore
Lot 393 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 394 : Anthropomorphic cup
D. R. Congo, Lele/Kuba/Wongo
American Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 395 : Male figure
D. R. Congo, Lele
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Standing
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium (2009) Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 397 : Friction oracle
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
sold EUR 300
Lot 398 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Vladimir Sisman, Paris, France (2014) Léon Gani, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 399 : Cup for palm wine
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 400 : Neckrest, end of 19th century
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1925) Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 401 : Four pipes
D. R. Congo, Luba
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 402 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Luba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 403 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 404 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 405 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Patrick Peire, Brugge, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 406 : Amulet figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 420
Lot 407 : Amulet "mikisi mihasi"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 408 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Hemba
Christie's, Amsterdam, 7 December 1998, lot 194 Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA Christie's, Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 150
sold EUR 4,200
Lot 409 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
not available anymore
Lot 410 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Luntu
not available anymore
Lot 411 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Mbole/Yela
Belgian Private Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 412 : Two knives
D. R. Congo, Mbole
a)Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany Jahn, Munich, Germany b) Claire & Frederick Mebel, New York, USA
sold EUR 600
Lot 413 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ndaaka
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 414 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Ngombe
George Stoecklin, Golfe-Juan, France
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Mask "kakungu"
D. R. Congo, Nkanu
not available anymore
Lot 416 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 900
Lot 417 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo
not available anymore
Lot 418 : Face mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 419 : Female face mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 420 : Mask "muyombo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Belgian Private Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Cardoso, Wijgmaal, Belgium (1923)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 422 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1999)
sold EUR 300
Lot 423 : Mask "munyangi giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 500
Lot 424 : Small round stool
D. R. Congo, Pende
Karel van de Veer, Düsseldorf/Neuss, Germany (1979-2014) Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Helmet-shaped mask, probably "phumbu"
D. R. Congo, Eastern Pende
Belgian Colonial Collection (before 1915)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 426 : Ceremonial staff
D. R. Congo, Rungu/Tabwa/Luba
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Songe, Sankuru/Lubefu region
Reynold C. Kerr, New York City, USA John A. Buxton, Dallas, USA Private Collection Pace Gallery, New York, USA Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 428 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 429 : Female power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Jacques R. van Overstraeten, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Power half-figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
European Private Collection Irwin Hersey, New York, USA Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 431 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
French Collection
sold EUR 900