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