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
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"
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Lot 149: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
1/8
Lot 154: Rare mask
1/7
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
1/8
Lot 267: Anthropomorphic dance crest
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Lot 280: Standing male figure
1/8
Lot 291: Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
1/4
Lot 299: Figural cup "gbene"
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Lot 300: Rare standing figure
1/9
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 152 : Janiform puppet head
Mali, Bamana/Malinke
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 153 : Two anthropomorphic doorlocks
Mali, Bamana
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 154 : Rare mask
Mali, Bozo
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 155 : Ring with equestrian figure
Mali, Dogon
André Blandin, Marignane, France Maine Durieu, Paris, France (2009) Lombrail-Teucquam, Paris, 5 April 2014, lot 146
not available anymore
Lot 156 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon-Tomo-kä, Seno-Gondo Plain
Walter Baldi, Gorgonzola, Italy
not available anymore
Lot 157 : Kneeling female figure
Mali, Dogon
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 159 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Paul Rutten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Wessel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Zemanek-Münster, 19 September 2009, lot 140
not available anymore
Lot 160 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1968)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 161 : Figure
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 162 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 800
Lot 163 : Handle of ceremonial adze
Mali, Dogon-Bombou Toro
Galleria Tino Ghelfi, Vicenza, Italy Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (1968)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 164 : Animal
Mali, Dogon
Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1989, lot 131
not available anymore
Lot 165 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Malinke
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 166 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Malinke
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 167 : Axe
Mali, Malinke
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 400
Lot 168 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Bobo
French Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 169 : Anthropozoomorphic mask "hombo" or "kobié" (rooster)
Burkina Faso, Bwa, Houndé
Henri Kamer, Cannes/Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Standing male figure, Sikire Kambire
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (acquired in Gaoua, 1979) German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 172 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 173 : Standing female figure "niande"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 174 : Plank mask "karanga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Helmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerland Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, lot 194
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Zoomorphic plank mask
Burkina Faso, Nunuma
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 176 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium John Lens, Antwerp, Belgium Sanne Nies, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 177 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron/Atié
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 179 : Anthropomorphic mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 180 : Female mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1952)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 181 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Baron Hubert von Pantz (1909-1991), Mittersill Castle, Austria James Stephenson, New York, USA Baron Hubert von Pantz was bon vinant and featured character in both the European and American jet set, kept acquaintances with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Coco Chanel, Clark Gable and countless other members of the glitterati and political scene. Many of these items were used as adornment for lavish parties in Mittersill and around the world.
not available anymore
Lot 182 : Enthroned male figure from the "Treasure of the Saléfoué", before 1910
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Trésor des Saléfoué, Côte d'Ivoire (prior to 1910) Joseph Cornet, French Administrative Official Louis Pieter Cornelis (Lode) van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri), 1970's Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany (1974)
sold EUR 38,000
Lot 184 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 185 : Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 12 May 2007, lot 185
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 188 : Seated female figure in colon style
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maine Durieu, Paris, France (1992)
sold EUR 600
Lot 189 : Couple
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 250
Lot 190 : Receptacle with anthropomorphic lid "kwle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 191 : Gong
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
collected in situ (around 1983)
sold EUR 400
Lot 192 : Tapper "lowre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 193 : Heddle pulley "kono" with janus head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
sold EUR 600
Lot 194 : Figurally carved ceremonial staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/Akye
Galerie Poro, Bietigheim, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 195 : Group of anklets
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
André Blandin, Marignane, France
sold EUR 900
Lot 197 : Anthropomorphic monkey figure "amuin" or "amuin ba"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 650
Lot 198 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/ Ngere
Louis Dansert, Cannes, France & Roger Bédiat, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (collected in situ,1950's/60's) Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
not available anymore
Lot 199 : Anthropomorphic slit drum
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 200 : Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
probably Frans M. Olbrechts, Ghent, Belgium Belgian Private Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 201 : Mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 202 : Mask "deangle" or "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1958) Hans Brockstedt, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 203 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Gio/Mano
George Harley, Ganta, Liberia (1943) Jo & Esther Dendel, Costa Mesa, USA Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 2004, lot 45 American Private Collection, Arkansas Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2012, lot 282
not available anymore