
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 303 : Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu"
Nigeria, HausaCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 600Lot 304 : Figural stele
Nigeria, IbibioGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 305 : Two dolls
Nigeria, IbibioManfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germanynot available anymoreLot 306 : Maske with hinged jaw "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 307 : Mask with hinged jaw "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioWolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 400Lot 308 : Ornamental comb, around 1900
Nigeria, Beninsold EUR 500Lot 309 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo-AfikpoNicholas Poolos, Chicago, USA (1960's)not available anymoreLot 310 : Old mask with horns
Nigeria, Idoma / IgalaGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 1,800Lot 311 : Mask
Nigeria, Idomacollected in situ (ca. 1978) German Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 312 : Female dance crest
Nigeria, IdomaCatherine Sargos, Nancy, Francenot available anymoreLot 313 : Mask "okoroshi oma", around 1900
Nigeria, IgboMagnus Östlund (1879 - ?), Kristianstad, Sweden Östlund was a sailor throughout his life. He spent a lot of time in Western Africa, particularly in Nigeria, where he collected the present mask, which remained family property since that time.sold EUR 1,600Lot 314 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Igbo, Ohuhu-NgwaJean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, Francesold EUR 3,000Lot 315 : Mask "lughulu"
Nigeria, IgboGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 316 : Face mask
Nigeria, IgboLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ(1956)not available anymoreLot 317 : Mask with hat
Nigeria, Igbo/IdomaEric Robertson, New York, USA Bruce Frank, New York, USAsold EUR 4,000Lot 318 : Figural post
Nigeria, Igbo/IzziRené & Maud Garcia, Paris, France Catherine Sargos, Nancy, Francesold EUR 800Lot 319 : Seated male figure
Nigeria, IgboHigh Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (Inventory No. 75.109) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, lot 306sold EUR 1,100Lot 320 : Standing shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 1,200Lot 321 : Door wing "mgbo ezi"
Nigeria, IgboAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (collected in the 1960's) Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 322 : Door wing "mgbo ezi"
Nigeria, IgboAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (collected in the 1960's) Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumsold EUR 2,300Lot 323 : Anthropomorphic dance crest, before 1905
Nigeria, Keaka (Bangwa)Richard Alexander Edwin Hermann von Knobloch (1868-1924), Nordheim/Nordhausen, Germany Graf Karl Heinrich von Linden (1838-1910), Stuttgart, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, Inventory No. 43112 Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1961) Peter & Veena Schnell, Zurich, Switzerland Sotheby's, Paris, 3 December 2004, lot 107sold EUR 10,000Lot 324 : Mallet
Nigeria, KoroLempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 84not available anymoreLot 325 : Staff
Nigeria, MumuyeAlain Javelaud, Fontenay-Sous-Bois, Francenot available anymoreLot 326 : Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeDutch Collectionsold EUR 1,000Lot 327 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)sold EUR 1,800Lot 328 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, MumuyeJames Willis, San Francisco, USA Gallerie Flak, Paris, France French Private Collectionsold EUR 3,600Lot 329 : Female mask "wife of va"
Nigeria, MumuyeGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)sold EUR 1,200Lot 330 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, OgoniKetterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 310 Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Rainer Linnhoff, Pullach, Germanysold EUR 700Lot 331 : Rare helmet mask
Nigeria, TivYves & Ewa Develon, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 66not available anymoreLot 332 : Sitting female figure
Nigeria, UrhoboGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)not available anymoreLot 333 : Standing female miniature figure
Nigeria, WurkunPace Gallery, New York, USAsold EUR 600Lot 334 : Ceremonial sword
Nigeria, YorubaFrederick & Claire Mebel, New York City, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 March 2015, lot 332sold EUR 1,200Lot 335 : Diviner's bag "apo ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaJean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 336 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 450Lot 337 : Post in the shape of a Maternity figure
Nigeria, YorubaNeumeister, Munich, 14 May 2009, lot 137sold EUR 900Lot 338 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, EdeEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)not available anymoreLot 339 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, AjasseEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 1,200Lot 340 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, IfonEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 800Lot 341 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, AbeokutaEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 900Lot 342 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe, YagbaEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 2,400Lot 343 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, OffaGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)sold EUR 700Lot 344 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, YorubaEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)not available anymoreLot 345 : Couple of female twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, OshogboEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 500Lot 346 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, EgbadoEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)not available anymoreLot 347 : Male mask "kam"
Cameroon Grassfields, BabankiHeinz Geisler, Heidelberg, Germanysold EUR 900Lot 348 : Mask ("mabu") "mabwo"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum (Fungom region) or WumGerman Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)not available anymoreLot 349 : Quadruped
Cameroon Grassfields, BafumHélène & Philippe Leloup, Paris, France (1980's) Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)not available anymoreLot 350 : Whistle
Cameroon Grassfields, BamendaJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAsold EUR 950Lot 351 : Standing figure, before 1914
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamenda/TikarKlinkmöller, Berlin, Germany (1930's)not available anymoreLot 352 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeStéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris Emmanuel Pierrat, Paris, Francenot available anymore