87th Tribal Art Auction
Non-European art from international private collections: Gabun masks and memorabilia from the Albert Schweitzer collection coming from the Emmy Martin estate. The second part of the Heinz Kolerski collection (1936-2012). Small figures and fetishes from the african collection of the german artist Günther Filla (1952-2015). Heddle pulleys coming from the collection Mona Etienne (ethnologist in the 1960s/70s). Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.
Highlights
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAugust Flick, Cologne, Germany Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Helmut Feier, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAugust Flick, Cologne, Germany Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Helmut Feier, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,800
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAugust Flick, Cologne, Germany Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Helmut Feier, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAugust Flick, Cologne, Germany Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Helmut Feier, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 5Amulet figure
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, lot 6sold EUR 320
Indonesia - NiasGerman Missionary Collectionsold EUR 1,800
Lot 8Sword with sheath
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Bataknot available anymore
OceaniaHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 200
Lot 10Yam mask
Papua New Guinea, AbelamGreg Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA (field collected in the early 2000s in the Southern Abelam area near Ugutagwa village) Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USAsold EUR 2,500
Lot 11Yam mask
Papua New Guinea, AbelamGreg Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA (field collected in the early 2000s in the Southern Abelam area near Ugutagwa village) Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USAsold EUR 1,000
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), AsmatJan Lundberg, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmatcollected in situ, Asmat village Ocenep (1976)sold EUR 3,000
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmatcollected in situ (early 1980s)not available anymore
Lot 15Replacement skull "kus"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmatnot available anymore
Papua New Guinea - Astrolabe BayHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 17Shield
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-BayAlbrecht Nicolaas Baron de Vos van Steenwijk, Arnhem/Ede, The Netherlands The de Vos van Steenwijks are an old Dutch noble family from the Dutch province of Overijssel. A. N. Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (1912-1996) was active in the service of the Royal Navy in the Dutch East Indies region, the forerunner of today's Republic of Indonesia. From 1960 to 1964 he held the rank of a Vice-Admiral.sold EUR 1,500
Lot 18Shield
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-BayDutch Private Collection (collected before the 1940s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, lot 41 Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
Lot 19Food bowl, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Tami IslandsHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 20Head sculpture
Papua New Guinea, IatmulHellebrandt, Portland/Maine, USA (collected in 1950)not available anymore
Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay, MassimCraig de Lora, New Jersey, USA Michael Auliso, San Francisco, USA German Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 1,000
Lot 22Ceremonial axe
Papua New Guinea - Mount Hagensold EUR 400
Lot 23Mask of spirits "brag"
Papua New Guinea - Sepikcollected in situ (1963) Mark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 24Beautiful old mask
Papua New Guinea - SepikRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 February 2016, lot 55sold EUR 2,000
Lot 25Suspension hook
Papua New Guinea - SepikJan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
Lot 26War shield
Papua New Guinea - Sepik, May River/ IwamBloom, Cambridge/Boston, USA (1950s)not available anymore
Papua New Guinea - Sepiknot available anymore
Papua New Guinea - Sepik - Yuat RiverUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 29Kneeling male figure
Papua New Guinea - Sepik - Ramu Riversold EUR 700
Lot 30Small betel nut mortar
Papua New Guinea - Sepiknot available anymore
Lot 31Headboard bed panel
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, ManusAlan Dunfee, Cumming, USA Michael Auliso, San Francisco, USAnot available anymore
Lot 32Ceremonial bowl
Solomon IslandsElisabeth Verhey, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
Lot 33Club, before 1914
Solomon IslandsHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 100
Solomon Islands, New Georgia IslandJohn Giltsoff, Girona, Spain Kevin Conru, London, Great Britainnot available anymore
Lot 35Dignitary staff
Solomon Islands - Bougainville IslandJean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France Emmanuel Pierrat, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Solomon Islands - Buka IslandHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 200
Lot 37Bailer
French Polynesia, Vahitahi (Vaitake)Missionsmuseum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germanysold EUR 1,200
Fidji IslandsDunbar Sloane, New Zealand Mark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymore
Fidji IslandsDunbar Sloane, New Zealand Mark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 40Club "patu"
New Zealand, MaoriAustrian Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 May 2013, lot 45 Belgian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 41Parrying shield
AustraliaHans Petereit, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 1,000
Lot 42Parrying shield
AustraliaHans Petereit, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 600
AustraliaHeinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germanysold EUR 150
Australia, Northern TerritoryOld British Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 45Rare club
Australia, VictoriaOld British Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 46Mask
Northern Alaska, Yup'ik or InupiaqParke-Bernet, New York, 1965, lot 49not available anymore
Alaska, Old Bering Sea Culture/PunukAlaska on Madison, New York, USAnot available anymore
Alaska, Old Bering Sea II CultureAlaska on Madison, New York, USAnot available anymore
Alaska, Thule CultureAlaska on Madison, New York, USAnot available anymore
Alaska, Thule CultureAlaska on Madison, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 51Figurative amulet
Alaska, Thule Culturenot available anymore