
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 252 : Three figural amulets
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,100Lot 253 : Three figural amulets
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 254 : Seated figure
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 255 : Standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 256 : Mask "koma ba"
Côte d'Ivoire, MauPhilippe Ratton, Paris, France Catherine Sargos, Nancy, Francenot available anymoreLot 257 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngerenot available anymoreLot 258 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, GuéréHans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1932) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 259 : Rare mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo/DiulaKarl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (collected in situ 1964) European Private Collection Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 2016, lot 61sold EUR 7,500Lot 260 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo/BamanaDirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium (1994) Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germanysold EUR 450Lot 261 : Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoFrench Collection (1950)sold EUR 800Lot 262 : Standing female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufosold EUR 800Lot 263 : Standing female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMichael Rhodes, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 264 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPierre Vérité, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,500Lot 265 : Small couple "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoGabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948)sold EUR 1,800Lot 266 : Magical object
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoStewart J. Warkow, USAnot available anymoreLot 267 : Helmet mask "korobla"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francenot available anymoreLot 268 : Ring with buffalo head "nyi-kar-yi"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoBelgian Private Collectionsold EUR 1,000Lot 269 : Pendant
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,200Lot 270 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 271 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufosold EUR 650Lot 272 : Small anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, WobéAmerican Private Collectionsold EUR 1,200Lot 273 : Miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wésold EUR 700Lot 274 : Horned mask "je"
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,000Lot 275 : Beautiful face mask, around 1910/20
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Josef Wiedemann, Munich, Germany (before 1945)sold EUR 8,000Lot 276 : Sword ornament
Ghana, Akannot available anymoreLot 277 : Beautiful old comb, before 1872
Ghana, AkanDoctor Wright, Great Britain, collected in situ (1872)sold EUR 800Lot 278 : Goldweight: baboon
Ghana, AshantiPrivate Collection, Paris, Francesold EUR 500Lot 279 : Comb
Ghana, Ashantinot available anymoreLot 280 : Stool
Ghana, AshantiOld British Collection (1960's) German Private Collectionsold EUR 200Lot 281 : Hen
Ghana, Ashantisold EUR 385Lot 282 : Mother and child figure
Ghana, FanteJ. P. Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 1,400Lot 283 : Fertility doll
Ghana, FanteGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 284 : Standing male figure
Togo, TchambaMichel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France Catherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 2,000Lot 285 : Pair of twin figures "hohovi"
Benin, EweHenricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1989)sold EUR 275Lot 286 : Two figures
Benin, Fonnot available anymoreLot 287 : Skull fetish
Benin, Fonsold EUR 1,050Lot 288 : Two bracelets
Nigeriasold EUR 600Lot 289 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Basa Nge/AfoFrench Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 290 : Idiophon "bird of prophecy", before 1914
Nigeria, BeninMaine Durieu, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,400Lot 291 : Dance crest in shape of a human head
Nigeria, BokiCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 1,000Lot 293 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, BokiGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1872-1979)sold EUR 500Lot 294 : Standing female power figure
Nigeria, Boki/MbembeGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)not available anymoreLot 295 : Standing figure
Nigeria, ChambaAlain Berck-Vitz, Stockholm, Swedensold EUR 1,700Lot 296 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Cham-MwanaCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 400Lot 297 : Prophesy pot "chandu"
Nigeria, Cham-MwanaCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 300Lot 298 : Mask
Nigeria, EketLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1956) Heinrich Niessen, Brüggen, Germanysold EUR 400Lot 299 : Standing figure
Nigeria, EketGerman Private Collection (collected in 1960)not available anymoreLot 300 : Rare headcrest "ogbom"
Nigeria, EketRoger F. Azar, Paris, Francesold EUR 32,500Lot 301 : Female figure
Nigeria, GoemaiFily Keita, Los Angeles, USAnot available anymoreLot 302 : Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu"
Nigeria, HausaCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 450