November 11, 2017

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.

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Highlights

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Lot 7: Male ancestor figure "adu zatua", around 1900
1/4
Lot 18: Shield
1/7
Lot 25: Suspension hook
1/4
Lot 40: Club "patu"
1/5
Lot 46: Mask
1/7
Lot 47: Small head sculpture, ~ 200 - 800 AD
1/5
Lot 48: Winged object, ~ 200 - 500 AD
1/5
Lot 50: Idol, 18th century or earlier
1/4
Lot 52: Gut scraper, ~ 500 - 900 AD
1/6
Lot 105: Standing figure "mvunzi"
1/6
Lot 127: Plank mask "nwantantay"
1/6
Lot 139: Beautiful figure "blolo bla"
1/7
Lot 148: Figurally carved staff
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Lot 154: Speaker's staff "okyeame poma"
1/5
Lot 205: Standing figure
1/6
Lot 212: Mask "ntomo"
1/5
Lot 220: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
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Lot 226: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic buffalo head
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Lot 232: Rare elephant mask "sama", before 1914
1/5
Lot 236: Female maks "kpan"
1/7
Lot 239: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 245: Maternité of the "Agba workshop", around 1920
1/7
Lot 246: Anthropomorphic bowl-bearing monkey figure "amuin" or "amuin ba"
1/6
Lot 253: Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
1/7
Lot 258: Beautiful female mask "gu", before 1910
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Lot 264: Fragment of a male figure
1/7
Lot 285: Impressive "bochio kpodohonme"
1/8
Lot 336: Rare form of a beaded dance crest
1/6
Lot 342: Portrait bust of Albert Schweitzer, after 1951
1/7
Lot 345: Female face mask "okuyi"
1/6
Lot 346: Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
1/5
Lot 349: Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 369: Power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 370: Power figure "nkisi nduda"
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Lot 383: Fly whisk handle ?
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Lot 400: Cup in shape of a standing male figure
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Lot 415: Anthropomorphic figure "iginga"
1/4
Lot 416: Janus figure "katanda"
1/8
Lot 432: Staff of office "kibango"
1/4
Lot 433: Mask
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Lot 460: Janus power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 461: Small power half figure "nkisi"
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Lot 476: Standing male power figure "biteki"
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Lot 485: Maternité "phemba"

87th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 311 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv/Idoma
Sold EUR 720
Lot 312 : Mask
Nigeria, Urhobo
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 313 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
Sold EUR 800
Lot 314 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
Old British Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 316 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 317 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
collected in situ (1970s)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 318 : Prestige stool
Nigeria, Yoruba
Stothert & Trice, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 319 : Small dance wand "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 320 : Amulet of the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie 69, Stuttgart, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 321 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Belgian Collection, Brusssels · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 November 2006, lot 173
Sold EUR 700
Lot 322 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Owu, Ibadan
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 410
Lot 323 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Owu, Ibadan
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 450
Lot 324 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Ursula Voorhuis, Sint Agathe, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 325 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo/ Ilorin
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 730
Lot 326 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 700
Lot 327 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Yagba, Egbe
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 328 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ota, Awori
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 329 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, border area Igbomina/ Ilorin
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 330 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 331 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo / Ilorin
Paul Descamps, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 333 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Not available anymore
Lot 334 : Standing figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Clement F. Egerton, England, collected in situ (1935) · Christie’s, London, 16 October 1979, lot 112 · Christie’s, London, 24 March 1988, lot 213 · Bonhams, London, 21 August 2000, lot 94 · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 March 2011, lot 294
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 335 : Sitting figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Bangwa
Edward J. Klejman, Paris, France (1960s) · French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 336 : Rare form of a beaded dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
May Weber Museum of Cultural Arts, Chicago, USA · Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain · British Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,200
Lot 337 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Heinz Geisler, Heidelberg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 339 : Janiform helmet mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Tribal Arts Gallery II, New York, USA (1974) · Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, USA (L80.62.118) · Joshua Dimondstein, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 340 : Eight ethnographic objects
Cameroon, Bane/Fang/Bulu
Max Löhlein (1877-1921), Germany, collected in situ (1910/11)
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 341 : Rare double figure
Cameroon, Bundum
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium (1993) · Dutch Private Collection, Eindhoven
Not available anymore
Lot 342 : Portrait bust of Albert Schweitzer, after 1951
Fritz Behn
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 343 : Hand pair of Albert Schweitzer
Louis Mayer, Carmel (USA)
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 344 : Hand pair of Albert Schweitzer
Dr. Fosser, Strasbourg
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 345 : Female face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Lumbo
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1913-1917) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 14,000
Lot 346 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Tsanghi
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1925) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 347 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Tsanghi
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1925) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 348 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Tsogho
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1913-1917) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 349 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1913-1917) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 350 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Lumbo
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ (1925) · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 351 : Two anthropomorphic face masks "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 352 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Lumbo
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 950
Lot 353 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Lumbo
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 354 : Oval board with handle
Gabon, Fang
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ · Emmy Martin, Alsace (1925) · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 600
Lot 355 : Group of plant fibre weavings
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ · Emmy Martin, Alsace (1925) · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 400
Lot 356 : Wallet
Varia
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon · Emmy Martin, Alsace · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Not available anymore
Lot 357 : Figurally carved tusk
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, collected in situ · Emmy Martin, Alsace (1925) · Hans Martin (born 1910), son of Emmy Martin · Suzanne Leiberich, née Martin, daughter of Hans Martin · Family estate until today
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 359 : Three-faced mask "ngontang"
Gabon, Fang
Daniel Hourdé, Paris, France (1974) · Pace Primitive, New York, USA (1987) · Raphael Roux, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 360 : Two blades
Gabon, Fang
Not available anymore
Lot 361 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Paul O’Connor, Denver, USA · Denver Art Museum, USA (1952)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 362 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Punu
Ader- Picard-Tajan, Drouot, Paris, 17 October 1983, lot 188 · Vincent Wapler, Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1994, lot 45 · Sotheby’s, Paris, 15 June 2004, lot 161 · Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria · Helmut Feier, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 363 : Mask
Gabon, Tsogho
Not available anymore
Lot 364 : Antelope horn
D. R. Congo
Not available anymore