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