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.
Highlights
Lot 258Two pipe bowls
Cameroon Grassfields, BamessingGerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 259Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerd Rosen, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 350
Lot 260Spoon
Gabon/Cameroon, Fang/BaneGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 261Horn
D. R. Congo, AzandeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 300
Lot 262Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, KuyuGerd Rosen, Berlin, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 263Miniature figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 264Power half figure
D. R. Congo, Songe/TetelaGerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 265Standing male figure
Nigeria, AngasJohn J. Klejman, New York, USA (1952) Arnold Marmont Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1984, lot 219 Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2011, lot 2101sold EUR 2,300
Lot 267Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, BokiGalerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 452 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanysold EUR 7,200
Lot 268Standing male figure
Nigeria, ChambaGalerie Flak, Paris, France (2006)sold EUR 1,100
Lot 269Standing figure "tauwa"
Nigeria, ChambaAmerican Private Collection, California (1970's) Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USAnot available anymore
Lot 270Buffalo mask "nam gbalang"
Nigeria, ChambaGerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germanysold EUR 800
Lot 271Rare standing female figure
Nigeria, DjibeteAmerican Private Collection (1970's) Amyas Naegele, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 272Massive zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, DjompreKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 212 Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 50sold EUR 2,200
Lot 273Mask
Nigeria, EketKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 166not available anymore
Lot 274Maternité
Nigeria, GoemaiCharles Jones Gallery of African Art, Wilmington, USA (1998) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 March 2011, lot 218 Italian Collectionsold EUR 350
Lot 275Mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioRichard Reitz, New York, USA Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USAnot available anymore
Nigeria, IbibioCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (1988)sold EUR 2,000
Lot 278Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioJosef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, lot 171 Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 4,500
Lot 279Mask with hinged jaw
Nigeria, IbibioCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore
Lot 280Standing male figure
Nigeria, Ibibio/Mbembe-LegboLouis Garcia, Paris, France (1970s) Dalton-Somaré/Leonardo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA Joshua Dimondstein, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 4,100
Lot 281Dance crest
Nigeria, IdomaCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedensold EUR 800
Lot 282Drum
Nigeria, IgalaFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 283Standing male figure
Nigeria, IgalaMorton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA American Private Collection (1970s)not available anymore
Lot 284Standing figure
Nigeria, Igbonot available anymore
Nigeria, IgboKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 288 Italian Collectionsold EUR 500
Lot 286Helmet mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, IgboHartmann, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 369sold EUR 550
Lot 287Seated janiform figure
Nigeria, Igbo/Ikenga, Region of Umuhu AttaDirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 288Dignitary staff
Nigeria, IgboWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 89sold EUR 400
Lot 289Standing colon figure
Nigeria, IgboAlfons Bermel, Obersteinach, France (1999)not available anymore
Lot 290Mask
Nigeria, IgboRolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Pace Gallery, New York, USA American Private Collection Bonhams, New York, 9 November 2011, lot 319sold EUR 1,400
Nigeria, Igbo/IzziFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 292Door wing "mgbo ezi"
Nigeria, IgboLore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1956)not available anymore
Lot 293Eight miniature combs
Nigeria, IgboOld British Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 294Two legbands
Nigeria, IgboEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 500
Lot 295Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijawnot available anymore
Lot 296Water spirit mask
Nigeria, IjawPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Galerie Franke, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, lot 313 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 297Dance crest with janus head
Nigeria, IjawOld British Collection, London Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 200sold EUR 1,600
Lot 298Headdress "ngamdak"
Nigeria, Koro, Jos PlateauRoger F. Azar, Lebanon Franck Lombrail & Jean-PierreTeucquam, Drouot-Paris, 19. April 2002, lot 140not available anymore
Lot 299Figural cup "gbene"
Nigeria, KoroFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 300Rare standing figure
Nigeria, MamaRoger F. Azar, Lebanon (2002) Richard Scheller, San Francisco, USA Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France French Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 301Mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Mamasold EUR 650
Nigeria, Mbembe-TigongFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 303Standing figure
Nigeria, MontolManfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,600
Lot 304Standing figure
Nigeria, MontolPrivate American Collection, Washington D.C. (1970's) Mona Gavignan, Washington D.C., USA Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (2012)not available anymore
Nigeria, MumuyeGallery Flak, Paris, France (2006)sold EUR 1,800
Lot 306Standing figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, MumuyeLadislas Segy, New York, USA American Collection, New Yorknot available anymore
Nigeria, MumuyeAmerican Private Collection, New Yorksold EUR 1,300
Lot 308Standing figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, MumuyeLadislas Segy, New York, USA (1975) Harald and Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 206 Italian Collectionsold EUR 550
Lot 309Female figural sculpture
Nigeria, MumuyeJos Humblet, Brussels, Belgium Rut van Caelenbergh, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,200