86th Tribal Art Auction
Volume I: The collection Walter Schmidt – classic tribal art in post-war Germany (special catalogue). Volume II: Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The Berlin collection from the architect and artist Ludwig Leicher (1895-1963). Objects from the Africa collection of the artist Bernhard Jäger.
Highlights
Lot 10: Head sculpture "baathil"
Lot 31: Mask "kpélié"
Lot 38: Standing ancestor figure
Lot 53: Standing male figure
Lot 65: Small power figure "nkisi"
Lot 134: Dance crest
Lot 148: Standing female figure
Lot 167: Dance crest
Lot 168: Mask with horns
Lot 175: Standing female figure "d'mba"
Lot 181: Standing hermaphrodite
Lot 193: Kneeling figure with lip plug
Lot 194: Kneeling female figure
Lot 229: Monkey mask "gban"
Lot 233: Seated male figure with lance
Lot 244: Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
Lot 300: Rare headcrest "ogbom"
Lot 328: Ancestor figure
Lot 360: Mask "ngoin", before 1914
Lot 414: Seated female figure "wayinda"
Lot 459: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 460: Male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 464: Rare shield, before 1900
Lot 1 : Standing female figure "kambei"
Sierra Leone, MendeVittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy Peter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 8,000
Lot 2 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, BamanaBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 3 : Antelope dance crest "sogi-ni-kun"
Mali, BamanaLinden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 4 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, BamanaPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 5 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, BamanaBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austrianot available anymore
Lot 6 : Figural doorlock
Mali, BamanaPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1966/1967)not available anymore
Lot 7 : Door lock
Mali, DogonBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,100
Lot 8 : Kneeling female figure with raised arms
Mali, Inland Niger Delta/DjenneBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 9 : Kneeling figure with snake
Mali, Inland Niger Delta/DjenneGerman Private Collection (before 1968) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austrianot available anymore
Lot 10 : Head sculpture "baathil"
Burkina Faso, LobiBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 10,000
Lot 11 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiGerman Private Collection (before 1968) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 400
Lot 12 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiGerman Private Collection (before 1968) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 300
Lot 13 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiGerman Private Collection (before 1968) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 280
Lot 14 : Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,500
Lot 15 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleWiesnet-Henning, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1963/1964)sold EUR 2,200
Lot 16 : Standing male figure "asie usu" or " blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleArno Henseler, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 6,000
Lot 17 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, SongyePeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 500
Lot 18 : Mask "gla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Bete / Wè-Guéré or KruBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,600
Lot 19 : Small mask "geh naw"
Liberia, BassaPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,300
Lot 20 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanGerman Private Collection (before 1968) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 200
Lot 21 : Small mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanWiesnet-Henning, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 800
Lot 22 : Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,400
Lot 23 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroWiesnet-Henning, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1965)sold EUR 10,000
Lot 24 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, JiminiGalerie Wiesnet, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1964/65)sold EUR 650
Lot 25 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (ca.1960)sold EUR 750
Lot 26 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, BaulePeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1965/66)sold EUR 400
Lot 27 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroJean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,000
Lot 28 : Spade handle
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austrianot available anymore
Lot 29 : Top of a figural carved staff "tefalapica" or "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1964)sold EUR 4,500
Lot 30 : Figural headpiece of a staff "tefalapica" or "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (ca.1965)sold EUR 1,400
Lot 31 : Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, KorhogoMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Peter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 4,750
Lot 32 : Anthropomorphic "tu bodu" mask from the "lo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureWalter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1964/65)sold EUR 8,500
Lot 33 : Standing female figure "deble"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoAlain de Monbrison, Paris, France Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 14 March 2009, lot 169 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 7,000
Lot 34 : Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1983/84)sold EUR 900
Lot 35 : Figure "tauwa"
Nigeria, ChambaPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 700
Lot 36 : Mask
Nigeria, EketKetterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 364 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,400
Lot 37 : Antelope mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, OgoniBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,600
Lot 38 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeFrench art trade Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1970) Peter Werner, Munich, Germany (1972) Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 6,000
Lot 39 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, WurkunBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,200
Lot 40 : Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, village Efon-AlayePeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,400
Lot 41 : Beautiful old dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaWalter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,200
Lot 42 : Ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 650
Lot 43 : Ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, YorubaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany German Private Collection Lempertz, Brussels, 30 March 2006, lot 115 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 44 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, IfonKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 600
Lot 45 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Area of IgbominaSotheby's London, 17 June 1991, lot 113 Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, lot 450 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 6,000
Lot 46 : Memorial head
Ghana, AkanWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,600
Lot 47 : Anthropomorphic pipe head
Cameroon GrassfieldsBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 400
Lot 48 : Fragment of a leopard head
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 700
Lot 49 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiMireille de Pierrebourg, Paris/Duala, France/Cameroon Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 900
Lot 50 : Standing figure "tadep"
Cameroon, MambilaMireille de Pierrebourg, Paris/Duala, France/Africa Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austrianot available anymore