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

1/5
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
1/5
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
1/6
Lot 226: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic buffalo head
1/2
Lot 232: Rare elephant mask "sama", before 1914
1/5
Lot 236: Female maks "kpan"
1/7
Lot 239: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/9
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
1/6
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
1/6
Lot 369: Power figure "nkisi"
1/7
Lot 370: Power figure "nkisi nduda"
1/4
Lot 383: Fly whisk handle ?
1/6
Lot 400: Cup in shape of a standing male figure
1/5
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
1/6
Lot 460: Janus power figure "nkisi"
1/5
Lot 461: Small power half figure "nkisi"
1/7
Lot 476: Standing male power figure "biteki"
1/7
Lot 485: Maternité "phemba"

87th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 416 : Janus figure "katanda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Father Lay, "The White Fathers" ("Pères Blancs"), brought to Europe between 1864-1872 (according to pre-owner)
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 417 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 418 : Mask "lukungu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 419 : Horned mask "kayamba"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Rob Vervoort, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 420 : Dance crest mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Arrow-case shield or shield quiver
D. R. Congo, Lendu
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 423 : Stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Caryatid stool "kihona"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Hemba
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Pascal Vernimmen, Ghent, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Small half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 428 : Female power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Kusu
Jean Zimmermann, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 429 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Luba/Kusu
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Marceau Rivière, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Anthropomorphic ritual vessel
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 350
Lot 431 : Divination pestle "lubuko"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Kanyok
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Vicomte George d'Ouvrier (1884-1950), Brussels, Belgium (1920)
not available anymore
Lot 433 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lulua
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Palmwine vessel
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Constant Permeke (1886-1952), Antwerp/Ostende, Belgium James (Joopie) Permeke, Belgium Patric Claes, Brussels, Belgium (2010) Loes Jansen, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 435 : Sickle knife "trumbash"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 436 : Handle of executioners's sword
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Mbesa
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 438 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Metoko
Roger Lefèvre, Paris, France (1982)
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Dagger
D. R. Congo, Mongo/Boa
Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 441 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
not available anymore
Lot 442 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Ngombe
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Head post "kala di kakungu"
D. R. Congo, Nkanu
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 444 : Standing colon figure
D. R. Congo, Nkanu
sold EUR 650
Lot 445 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Nzakara
sold EUR 900
Lot 446 : Helmet mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Wilfried Wellenstein, Luxembourg Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 417
not available anymore
Lot 447 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Big anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Pende (East)
French Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 449 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 451 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 452 : Amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Three miniature pendants "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 454 : Round stool
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 700
Lot 455 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Rungu
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany Rieunier & Associés, Paris, 1 July 2009, lot 33 Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Mask board
D. R. Congo, Shi
not available anymore
Lot 457 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Songye
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 458 : Standing power figure "nkisi", before 1910
D. R. Congo, Songye
French Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 459 : Power figure "nkisi" in miniature form
D. R. Congo, Songye
John Lens, Antwerp, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 460 : Janus power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 461 : Small power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Ernest Godefroid, Baronville, Belgium, collected in situ (1950s) Godefroid worked in the Congo for more than thirty years. He was the Director of Petrofina in Kinshasa.
not available anymore
Lot 462 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 463 : Head fragment of a power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 464 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 465 : Mask dancer
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
Lot 466 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
Lot 468 : Pendant
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
Lot 469 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Nadja Levi, Antwerp, Belgium Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore