March 10, 2018

88th Tribal Art Auction

Non-European art from international private collections: Classic tribal art from the Berlin Collection Gerda Bassenge (1915-1995). Native American Art from the private collection Christian Pysik, Aachen. Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.

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Highlights

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Lot 52: Model war canoe "waka taua"
1/2
Lot 63: Boy's vest
1/4
Lot 86: Baby carrier
1/4
Lot 112: Tomahawk, before 1870
1/7
Lot 119: "Raincloud kachina", around 1930
1/5
Lot 124: Tomb stela with ancestor head
1/5
Lot 130: Rare mask
1/7
Lot 141: Female figure with child "jo mooni" or "gwan dusu"
1/5
Lot 149: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
1/8
Lot 154: Rare mask
1/7
Lot 169: Anthropozoomorphic mask "hombo" or "kobié" (rooster)
1/7
Lot 170: Standing male figure, Sikire Kambire
1/10
Lot 182: Enthroned male figure from the "Treasure of the Saléfoué", before 1910
1/3
Lot 217: Big board-shaped female mask "bedu"
1/5
Lot 229: Mask "kpélié"
1/5
Lot 237: Memorial head
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Lot 252: Head of a Queen Mother "uhunmwun eloo", 19th century
1/8
Lot 267: Anthropomorphic dance crest
1/6
Lot 280: Standing male figure
1/8
Lot 291: Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
1/4
Lot 299: Figural cup "gbene"
1/6
Lot 300: Rare standing figure
1/9
Lot 317: Large male shrine figure
1/6
Lot 363: Anthropomorphic mask "ngil"
1/4
Lot 366: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
1/7
Lot 369: Figural dignitary staff
1/5
Lot 375: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
1/7
Lot 390: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
1/5
Lot 391: Mask "chikunza", before 1880
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Lot 405: Anthropomorphic cup
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Lot 416: Standing female figure
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Lot 430: Staff of office "kibango", end of 19th century
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Lot 436: Male maskette of the "bwadi bwa kifwebe" society
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Lot 455: Caryatid stool

88th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 1 : Pair of rice gods
Philippines - Ifugao
Luciano Federico, Italy · Ramon Villegas, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 2 : Standing female figure "binulul", around 1910/20
Philippines - Ifugao, Hapao
American Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 3 : Squatting figure "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
English Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 4 : Gong handles
Philippines - Ifugao
Ramon Villegas, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 280
Lot 5 : Four amulets "linglingo"
Philippines - Luzon
Ramon Villegas, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 500
Lot 6 : Hatchet "ligua" or "liwa"
Philippines - Northern Luzon, Kalinga tribe
American Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 7 : Shield "kliau"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
German Private Collection (1981)
Sold EUR 700
Lot 8 : Helmet-shaped headdress
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 280
Lot 9 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
Indonesia - Flores
Sold EUR 900
Lot 10 : Seated ancestor figure "iene"
Indonesia - Moluccas - Leti Island
Karl Heinz Zühlsdorf, Cologne, Germany · Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 11 : Seated ancestor figure "iene"
Indonesia - Moluccas - Leti Island
Karl Heinz Zühlsdorf, Cologne, Germany · Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 12 : Fetish panel "jaraik"
Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands
collected in situ (1970s)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 13 : Panel
Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands
Not available anymore
Lot 14 : Yam mask
Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Maprik area
The Christensen Fund Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 15 : Yam mask
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Not available anymore
Lot 16 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 23 · Jörg Seidel, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 17 : Food bowl
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Not available anymore
Lot 18 : Bowl "jifai"
Papua New Guinea, Asmat, Buepis Village
collected in situ by Jacq Hoogerbrugge, The Netherlands (1958) · Hoogerbrugge (1923 - 2014) served as transport agent of the Royal Dutch Shipping Company and subsequently as a UNESCO official in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 19 : Shell currency ring "wamayuwa"
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik - Yangoru Boiken
Not available anymore
Lot 20 : Male ancestral spirit figure, early 20th century
Papua New Guinea, East-Sepik - Kubalia Boiken
Thorsten Grimme, Sydney, Australia
Not available anymore
Lot 21 : Architectural fragment
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik - Yangoru Boiken
Not available anymore
Lot 22 : Pestle
Papua New Guinea - Boiken
Not available anymore
Lot 23 : Prow ornament of a canoe
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar Region
Not available anymore
Lot 24 : Shaft of sago pounder
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar Region
collected in situ (1970s)
Not available anymore
Lot 25 : Shaft of sago pounder
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar Region
collected in situ (1970s)
Not available anymore
Lot 26 : Shaft of working tool (sago pounder?)
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar Region
collected in situ (1970s)
Not available anymore
Lot 27 : Rare mask, around 1910/20
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Orokolo Bay, Elema people
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 28 : Rare archers shield "saemowgwaenk"
Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands, Mendi Valley, Wiru
Todd Barlin, Sydney, Australia (1980s)
Not available anymore
Lot 29 : Stand for wigs
Papua New Guinea - Highlands
label “MHMC-866”
Not available anymore
Lot 30 : Headrest
Papua New Guinea - Central Highlands, Chimbu
Alex de Smet, The Netherlands · Jan Kusters, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 600
Lot 31 : Slit gong "garamut"
Papua New Guinea, Yuat River, Biwat
Philippe Dodier, Avranches, France
Not available anymore
Lot 32 : Carver's mallet, early 20th century
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
Karl Taube Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 33 : Club
Papua-Neuguinea - Massim-Gebiet
Leo and Lillian Fortess, Hawaii, USA · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 34 : Tapa "maro" (loincloth)
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
Sold EUR 600
Lot 35 : Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Sold EUR 200
Lot 36 : Lime container with spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Old German Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 37 : Headpiece of a large mask ensemble
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, Iatmul, area of Tambanum village
Joseph Kone, collected in situ in Avatip village · German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 38 : Bird head ornament, early 20th century
Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik, Iwam culture, Hauna village
Douglas Newton (1920-2001), New York, USA (collected in 1970) · John & Marcia Friede, New York, USA · Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA (label “MHMC-602”)
Not available anymore
Lot 39 : Rare mask with prominent nose
Papua New Guinea - West Sepik, Aitape
Bruce Lawes, California, USA · Scott McCue, Orinda, USA · Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 41 : Canoe prow in shape of a crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Not available anymore
Lot 42 : Spear thrower "mino"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 16 · Peter Grossmann, Berlin, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 43 : Mask of dance costume
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
Ernst Schauerte, Berlin, Germany · E. Schauerte was employed as developement aid worker in Papua New Guinea from 1984 until 1989. He received the present mask as a gift in Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands.
Not available anymore
Lot 44 : Mask "malangan" with ear planks
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 45 : Head sculpture "malagan"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Wolfgang Panzer, Heidelberg/Mainz, Germany, collected in situ (1931) · Georg Elwert, Berlin, Germany (1993) · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 71 · Dutch Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 46 : Anthropmorphic post figure
New Caledonia, Kanak
Not available anymore
Lot 47 : Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha"
Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon
Stanley Gordon Moriarty (1906-1978), Australia · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 48 : Comb
Solomon Islands
Imperial Institute, London, Great Britain (1895) · Julian Harding, London, Great Britain
Not available anymore
Lot 49 : Head piece of dance club or dance paddle
Solomon Islands - Buka Island
Bonhams, London, 20 September 2006, lot 218
Not available anymore
Lot 50 : Club "afui" or "alafolo"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Not available anymore
Lot 51 : Sash, around 1900
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands
Sold EUR 900