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 258 : Two pipe bowls
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamessing
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 259 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 260 : Spoon
Gabon/Cameroon, Fang/Bane
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 261 : Horn
D. R. Congo, Azande
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 262 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 263 : Miniature figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 264 : Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Songe/Tetela
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 265 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Angas
John J. Klejman, New York, USA (1952) Arnold Marmont Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1984, lot 219 Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2011, lot 2101
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 267 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Boki
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 452 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
sold EUR 7,200
Lot 268 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Galerie Flak, Paris, France (2006)
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 269 : Standing figure "tauwa"
Nigeria, Chamba
American Private Collection, California (1970's) Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 270 : Buffalo mask "nam gbalang"
Nigeria, Chamba
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 271 : Rare standing female figure
Nigeria, Djibete
American Private Collection (1970's) Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 272 : Massive zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Djompre
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 212 Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 50
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 273 : Mask
Nigeria, Eket
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 166
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Maternité
Nigeria, Goemai
Charles Jones Gallery of African Art, Wilmington, USA (1998) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 March 2011, lot 218 Italian Collection
sold EUR 350
Lot 275 : Mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Richard Reitz, New York, USA Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Anthropomorphic mask with janus-headed superstructure "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (1988)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 278 : Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, lot 171 Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 279 : Mask with hinged jaw
Nigeria, Ibibio
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 280 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Ibibio/Mbembe-Legbo
Louis Garcia, Paris, France (1970s) Dalton-Somaré/Leonardo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA Joshua Dimondstein, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,100
Lot 281 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 800
Lot 282 : Drum
Nigeria, Igala
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Igala
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA American Private Collection (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 284 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 285 : Standing male shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 288 Italian Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 286 : Helmet mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Hartmann, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 369
sold EUR 550
Lot 287 : Seated janiform figure
Nigeria, Igbo/Ikenga, Region of Umuhu Atta
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 288 : Dignitary staff
Nigeria, Igbo
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 89
sold EUR 400
Lot 289 : Standing colon figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Alfons Bermel, Obersteinach, France (1999)
not available anymore
Lot 290 : Mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Pace Gallery, New York, USA American Private Collection Bonhams, New York, 9 November 2011, lot 319
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 291 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Igbo/Izzi
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 292 : Door wing "mgbo ezi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1956)
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Eight miniature combs
Nigeria, Igbo
Old British Collection
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Two legbands
Nigeria, Igbo
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
sold EUR 500
Lot 295 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
not available anymore
Lot 296 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Galerie Franke, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, lot 313 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 297 : Dance crest with janus head
Nigeria, Ijaw
Old British Collection, London Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 200
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 298 : Headdress "ngamdak"
Nigeria, Koro, Jos Plateau
Roger F. Azar, Lebanon Franck Lombrail & Jean-PierreTeucquam, Drouot-Paris, 19. April 2002, lot 140
not available anymore
Lot 299 : Figural cup "gbene"
Nigeria, Koro
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 300 : Rare standing figure
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Roger F. Azar, Lebanon (2002) Richard Scheller, San Francisco, USA Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 301 : Mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
sold EUR 650
Lot 302 : Fragment of an anthropomorphic figure
Nigeria, Mbembe-Tigong
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 303 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Montol
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 304 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Montol
Private American Collection, Washington D.C. (1970's) Mona Gavignan, Washington D.C., USA Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (2012)
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Standing ancestor figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Gallery Flak, Paris, France (2006)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 306 : Standing figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA American Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 307 : Standing anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
American Private Collection, New York
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 308 : Standing figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA (1975) Harald and Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 206 Italian Collection
sold EUR 550
Lot 309 : Female figural sculpture
Nigeria, Mumuye
Jos Humblet, Brussels, Belgium Rut van Caelenbergh, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200