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 406 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
sold EUR 400
Lot 407 : Power half figure "munsinju"
D. R. Congo, Kasongo
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
not available anymore
Lot 408 : Currency
D. R. Congo, Katanga
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 409 : Pipe head
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 410 : Half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kusu/Luba
W. E. Fitzgerald, Chicago, USA (1960's)
not available anymore
Lot 411 : Dance club "ebongo" in rare janus-headed form
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 412 : Figural calabash stopper
D. R. Congo, Kwese
not available anymore
Lot 413 : Mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 414 : Seated female figure "wayinda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Louise Parson, Florida, USA John J. Klejman, New York, USA (1969) Michel Boulanger, Liege, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium (2014)
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 416 : Figure of the "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Lega
André Navez, collected in situ in the 1960's in Kivu province
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Frog "kitende"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 418 : Hat "mukuba"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 419 : Hat
D. R. Congo, Lega
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 420 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Lele
Peter Pollack, New York, USA (1960's)
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lele
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 422 : Standing male figure in colon style
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 423 : Small power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
sold EUR 300
Lot 424 : Small power half figure
D. R. Congo, Luba/Buye
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Songe
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Caryatid stool "kihona", before 1909
D. R. Congo, Luba
Hauptmann Werner von Grawert, collected in situ (1909) Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (Inventory No. "58677") Arthur Speyer, Berlin, Germany (1938) Friedrich Wield, Hamburg, Germany (1940) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 September 2007, lot 515
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 428 : Caryatid stool "kihona"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 429 : Caryatid stool "kihona", before 1920
D. R. Congo, Luba
French Private Collection
sold EUR 3,940
Lot 430 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
von Westernhagen, Breetz, Germany German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 431 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
sold EUR 600
Lot 432 : House mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 400
Lot 433 : Round mask "kifwebe", around 1910/20
D. R. Congo, Luba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 500
Lot 434 : Small power figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Paul Timmermans, Belgium (1970's) German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 435 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
not available anymore
Lot 436 : Helmet mask
D. R. Congo, Mbala/Kwese
Louis Dansert, Cannes, France
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
not available anymore
Lot 438 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Couple
D. R. Congo, Metoko
sold EUR 1,350
Lot 440 : Rare dance mask
D. R. Congo, Mongo, Mbandaka region
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 441 : Profile form
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 442 : Execution knife
D. R. Congo, Ngala
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 443 : Hunting charm
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
not available anymore
Lot 444 : Female commemorative figure "efomba"
D. R. Congo, Nkundu/Ngata
Francis van Noten, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 445 : Couple
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo
not available anymore
Lot 446 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 447 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium (~1990) Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 350
Lot 449 : Mask board
D. R. Congo, Pende
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1995)
sold EUR 250
Lot 450 : Rare metal "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 451 : Pendant "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, lot 462
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Lore Kegel und Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1958)
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Lore und Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1956)
not available anymore
Lot 454 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Mortar
D. R. Congo, Pindi
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 550