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 201 : Knife
Mali, Dogon
Christie’s, Paris, 29 - 30 June 2005, lot 1
Sold EUR 200
Lot 202 : Knife
Mali, Malinke
Christie’s, Paris, 29 - 30 June 2005, lot 1
Sold EUR 150
Lot 203 : Zoomorphic mask "molo"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
Not available anymore
Lot 204 : Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Léon Gani, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 205 : Amulet
Burkina Faso, Gan
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 206 : Amulet
Burkina Faso, Gan
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 207 : Amulet
Burkina Faso, Gan
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 208 : Amulet
Burkina Faso, Gan
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 209 : Bracelet
Burkina Faso, Gan
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 210 : Protective figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France · Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 100
Sold EUR 800
Lot 211 : Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 212 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 213 : Standing figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Sold EUR 700
Lot 214 : Standing male figure with pipe
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Petra und Stephan Herkenhoff, Osnabrück, Germany · Floros Katsouros, Hannover, Germany · Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 215 : Face mask
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Marceau Rivière, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 216 : Ritual object/ musical instrument (?)
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Galerie Flak, Paris, France · French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 217 : Sceptre or dance wand "daphel" or "kebere"
Burkina Faso, Lobi/Bobo
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 33 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 218 : Two ritual iron pieces
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 219 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany · Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 220 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 221 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 222 : Big board mask "karanga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Félicia Dialossin (1922-1990), Paris, France · Argiles, Paris, France · Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium (1993) · Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 223 : Mask "wan zega"
Burkina Faso, Mossi-Boulsa
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 224 : Mask "wan balinga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
French Collection (1970s)
Not available anymore
Lot 225 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 226 : Female head sculpture "mma"
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni/Krinjabo (Sanwi)
Collection Hirsch · Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris, France (1992) · Yves Créhalet, Paris, France · Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 71
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 227 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni/Abron
Jan Schneider, Schwindegg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 228 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié/Ebrié
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 229 : Monkey mask "gban"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 230 : Anthropomorphic bowl-bearing monkey figure "amwin" or "amwin ba"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Galerie Neander, Heidelberg, Germany (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 231 : Zoomorphic mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France · Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France
Not available anymore
Lot 232 : Face mask of the "goli" group "kplekple yaswa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Dutch Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 233 : Seated male figure with lance
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Henri Schouten, Amsterdam/Los Angeles, The Netherlands/USA (1975)
Sold EUR 6,400
Lot 235 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France · Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Sold EUR 900
Lot 236 : Standing male figure with peaked cap
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 237 : Seated male colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 238 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 650
Lot 239 : Figural carved dignitary staff in colon style
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 240 : Mask ornament
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 600
Lot 241 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 700
Lot 242 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 243 : Receptacle with anthropomorphic lid "kwle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Philippe Laeremans, Liège, Belgium · Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Not available anymore
Lot 244 : Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium · Louis Pieter Cornelis (Lode) van Rijn, Galerie Kephri, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1968) · Kees van Strien, Rotterdam, The Netherlands · Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium · Hans van Witteloostujn, Delft, The Netherlands · Anuschka Menist, Brussels, Belgium · German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 245 : Mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
collected in situ (1965) · German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 246 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1970’s) · German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 247 : Face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
collected in situ (1950)
Not available anymore
Lot 248 : Stool
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alain Schoffel, Paris, France · Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,700
Lot 249 : Mask with horns "konon buene"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 250 : Mask "gu" with coiffure from amulet pouches, before 1920
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Josef Mueller (1887-1977), Solothurn, Switzerland (before 1942) · Monique & Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Switzerland (1979) · Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 23 June 1979, lot 103 · Merton Simpson, New York, USA · William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 251 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
Not available anymore