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"
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Lot 63: Boy's vest
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Lot 86: Baby carrier
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Lot 112: Tomahawk, before 1870
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Lot 119: "Raincloud kachina", around 1930
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Lot 124: Tomb stela with ancestor head
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Lot 130: Rare mask
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Lot 141: Female figure with child "jo mooni" or "gwan dusu"
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Lot 149: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
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Lot 154: Rare mask
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Lot 169: Anthropozoomorphic mask "hombo" or "kobié" (rooster)
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Lot 170: Standing male figure, Sikire Kambire
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Lot 182: Enthroned male figure from the "Treasure of the Saléfoué", before 1910
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Lot 217: Big board-shaped female mask "bedu"
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Lot 229: Mask "kpélié"
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Lot 237: Memorial head
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Lot 252: Head of a Queen Mother "uhunmwun eloo", 19th century
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Lot 267: Anthropomorphic dance crest
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Lot 280: Standing male figure
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Lot 291: Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
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Lot 299: Figural cup "gbene"
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Lot 300: Rare standing figure
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Lot 317: Large male shrine figure
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Lot 363: Anthropomorphic mask "ngil"
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Lot 366: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
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Lot 369: Figural dignitary staff
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Lot 375: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
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Lot 390: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
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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 472 : Power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
German Private Collection, Stuttgart Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 403
not available anymore
Lot 473 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
not available anymore
Lot 474 : Mask "kidumu"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 475 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Togbo
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 476 : Anthropomorphic harp
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 477 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Antoine Autru, Ghent, Belgium (before 1937) Christie's, Paris, 10 December 2013, lot 71 A. Autru (1892-1966) worked as a Colonial Official in Belgian Congo from 1922-1937. Whenever he came back from his travels he brought back to Ghent the "treasures" he exhibited in front of his family with pride.
not available anymore
Lot 478 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Jahn, Munich, Germany Fernando Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
sold EUR 600
Lot 480 : Large flat foot bowl
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 481 : Anthropomorphic slit drum
D. R. Congo, Yaka
not available anymore
Lot 482 : Face mask
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Leif Birger Holmstedt, Odense, Denmark (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 484 : Colon figure: kneeling soldier
D. R. Congo, Yombe
not available anymore
Lot 485 : Female mask with european facial features
D. R. Congo, Yombe / Vili / Lumbo
not available anymore
Lot 486 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Zela/Tabwa
Belgian Colonial Collection, Bruges André Vanhecke, Brussels, Belgium Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 487 : Anthropomorphic slit-drum "n-koku"
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Lempertz, Cologne, 15 March 1997, lot 85 Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 489 : Top of a dignitary staff
Angola, Luena
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 490 : Comb
Angola, Luena
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 491 : Standing female figure
Angola, Lunda
John Falcon, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, lot 427 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 492 : Water pipe
Angola, Lunda
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 578 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 493 : Standing female figure
Chad, Bagirmi
French Colonial Collection Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 494 : Male ancestor post "waga" or "waka"
Ethiopia, Konso
French Private Collection
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 495 : Shield
Somalia, Somal
German Private Collection (1981)
not available anymore
Lot 496 : Screen "insika"
Ruanda/Burundi, Tutsi/Hutu
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 498 : Rare shield
Tanzania, Area of Sotik and Kisii
collected in situ, Fort Moschi, Tanzania (1895-1901) by Otto Körner. Otto Körner (1868-1950) was purser of the "Kaiserliche Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika", between 1892 and 1894 he was stationed in Dar-es-Sallam and between 1895 to 1901 in Fort Moschi. He and Captain Johannes were among the earliest summiters of the Kilimanjaro in 1898.
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 499 : Standing male figure
Tanzania, Fipa
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 500 : Face mask
Tanzania, Makonde
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, lot 438 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 501 : Anthropomorphic dignitary staff
Tanzania, Makonde
German Private Collection, Hamburg
sold EUR 800
Lot 502 : Mask
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 466 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 503 : Rare face mask
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, lot 439 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 504 : Helmet mask
Tanzania, Sukuma
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Galerie Franke, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 September 2010, lot 487 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 505 : Two colon figures
Tanzania, Zaramo/Kwere
John Monroe, Nevada, USA
sold EUR 300
Lot 506 : Mask
Tanzania, Ziba
Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 507 : Mask "sachihongo"
Zambia, Mbunda
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 508 : Dignitary staff
South Africa, Nguni
not available anymore
Lot 509 : Ostrich egg
South Africa, San
Jean Pierre & Colette Ghysels, Brussels, Belgium Christie's, Paris, 11 Decembre 2007, lot 276
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 510 : Neckrest, around 1900
South Africa, Tsonga
German Private Collection
sold EUR 550
Lot 511 : Textile
South Africa, Zulu
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 512 : Disc-shaped ear plug
South Africa, Zulu
sold EUR 400
Lot 513 : Hat
South Africa, Zulu
sold EUR 250