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
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
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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 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