May 27, 2017

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.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Standing female figure "kambei"
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Lot 3: Antelope dance crest "sogi-ni-kun"
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Lot 9: Kneeling figure with snake
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Lot 10: Head sculpture "baathil"
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Lot 16: Standing male figure "asie usu" or " blolo bian"
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Lot 23: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 29: Top of a figural carved staff "tefalapica" or "tefalipitya"
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Lot 31: Mask "kpélié"
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Lot 32: Anthropomorphic "tu bodu" mask from the "lo" group
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Lot 38: Standing ancestor figure
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Lot 40: Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango"
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Lot 41: Beautiful old dance wand "oshe shango"
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Lot 53: Standing male figure
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Lot 54: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
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Lot 65: Small power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 74: Aged and extremely fine work of a sitting "Avalokiteshvara"
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Lot 86: Standing male figure "moai tangata"
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Lot 131: Standing female figure "kambei" or "lomba"
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Lot 134: Dance crest
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Lot 148: Standing female figure
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Lot 153: Mask
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Lot 167: Dance crest
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Lot 168: Mask with horns
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Lot 175: Standing female figure "d'mba"
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Lot 181: Standing hermaphrodite
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Lot 190: Mask
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Lot 193: Kneeling figure with lip plug
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Lot 194: Kneeling female figure
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Lot 229: Monkey mask "gban"
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Lot 230: Anthropomorphic bowl-bearing monkey figure "amwin" or "amwin ba"
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Lot 233: Seated male figure with lance
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Lot 243: Receptacle with anthropomorphic lid "kwle"
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Lot 244: Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
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Lot 250: Mask "gu" with coiffure from amulet pouches, before 1920
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Lot 258: Mask
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Lot 259: Rare mask
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Lot 275: Beautiful face mask, around 1910/20
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Lot 300: Rare headcrest "ogbom"
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Lot 323: Anthropomorphic dance crest, before 1905
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Lot 328: Ancestor figure
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Lot 360: Mask "ngoin", before 1914
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Lot 367: Ancestor figure "éyéma-o-byéri", Ngoumba Style
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Lot 370: Standing male ancestor figure "tadep"
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Lot 414: Seated female figure "wayinda"
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Lot 427: Caryatid stool "kihona", before 1909
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Lot 444: Female commemorative figure "efomba"
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Lot 458: Mask
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Lot 459: Power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 460: Male power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 464: Rare shield, before 1900

86th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 151 : Small figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, in Leopoldville Province in 1955) Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1995) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 152 : Ape mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1988) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 153 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Nyanga
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2002) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 154 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 155 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Kumu/Hunde
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1996) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 156 : Mask
Tanzania, Hehe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 157 : Mask
Tanzania, Sukuma
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1993) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Face mask "midimu"
Tanzania, Makua
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2001) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 159 : Helmet mask "lipiko"
Mozambique, Makonde
Missionsmuseum Münsterschwarzach, Germany Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 160 : Calabash stopper
Tanzania, Pare
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1999) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 161 : Male/female pair of figures in Colon style
Tanzania, Kaguru
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 162 : Power figure
Tanzania, Pare
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1993) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 163 : Stehende weibliche Figur
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1998) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 164 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Kwere
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1999) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
not available anymore
Lot 165 : Standing male figure with gun, around 1910/1920
Liberia, Dan
Private Collection
sold EUR 900
Lot 166 : Anthropo-/zoomorphic mask "nyomou kpman hinè"
Liberia, Dan/Kono
Iwanovski, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 167 : Dance crest
Liberia, Grebo
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland Bernard Dulon, Paris, France Stella Loebarth, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 168 : Mask with horns
Liberia, Grebo/Bete
collected in situ (1960's) Olivier Klejman, Paris, France 2R Ritual Gallery (Renaud Riley & Roger Bourahimou), Brussels, Belgium Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 169 : Stone head "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, Kissi/Sapi
French Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Primitive money "Kissi-Penny"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA
not available anymore
Lot 172 : Helmet mask "ngengema jowel"
Sierra Leone, Mende/Gola
Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Horn
Sierra Leone, Mende
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Josef Schörghuber, Munich, Germany Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 174 : Female figure
Sierra Leone, Temne
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 41
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Standing female figure "d'mba"
Guinea, Baga
Millon & Associés, Paris, 23 November 2005, lot 285 Galerie Flak, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 176 : Miniature mask
Guinea, Toma
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1995)
sold EUR 300
Lot 177 : Dance crest in shape of a bird head (hornbill)
Mali, Bamana
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium (1994) Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Price EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 178 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Mali, Bamana
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1990)
Price EUR 500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 179 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 180 : Figural doorlock
Mali, Bamana
Roger Lévêque, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 181 : Standing hermaphrodite
Mali, Bamana
Walter Bondy (1880-1940), Berlin, Germany Lionel Edwards, London, Great Britain Leigh B. Block, Chicago, USA (till 1947) Jacquin (seller 1949) Parke-Bernet, New York, 16 May 1949, lot 17 Dolly & Klaus Günther Perls, New York, USA (1949-1995) Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1995, lot 91 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Christie's, Paris, 19 June 2013, lot 77 Bondy was an artist and dealt with non-European art in Berlin. Among other things he collected African and Oceanic objects. In the middle of 1927 he founded the weekly magazine "Die Kunstauktion", in Berlin which was the forerunner of "Weltkunst". Bondy war Künstler und handelte in Berlin mit außereuropäischer Kunst. Privat sammelte er unter anderem afrikanische und ozeanische Objekte. Mitte 1927 gründete er in Berlin die Wochenzeitschrift "Die Kunstauktion", die Vorläufer der "Weltkunst" war.
sold EUR 6,800
Lot 182 : Female marionette "merekun"
Mali, Bamana
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 183 : Standing female figure "yo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Peer Forst Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (1977) Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1991)
sold EUR 600
Lot 185 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1963)
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1997)
sold EUR 600
Lot 188 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 900
Lot 189 : Mask
Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 190 : Mask
Mali, Dogon
Reginald Groux, Paris, France (1990) Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 94
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Monkey mask
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 192 : Two ancestor figures
Mali, Dogon/Tellem
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Wolfgang Pinter, Oberkirch, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 193 : Kneeling figure with lip plug
Mali, Dogon
Roger Budin, Geneva, Switzerland Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, 8 October 1991, lot 208 Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France (1994) Stéphane Kurc, France
not available anymore
Lot 194 : Kneeling female figure
Mali, Dogon
Alain de Monbrison
not available anymore
Lot 195 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Hans-Georg Pesch, Düsseldorf, Germany Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 196 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Werner Muensterberger, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
Mamadou Silla, Bamako, Mali (1960's) Jean Roudillon & Galerie Olivier Le Corneur, Paris, France (1968) Lode von Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1969) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany (1995-2014) Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 198 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 199 : Granary door
Mali, Dogon
Rudolf Springer, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 200 : Neckrest
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore