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"
1/2
Lot 63: Boy's vest
1/4
Lot 86: Baby carrier
1/4
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"
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
1/10
Lot 182: Enthroned male figure from the "Treasure of the Saléfoué", before 1910
1/3
Lot 217: Big board-shaped female mask "bedu"
1/5
Lot 229: Mask "kpélié"
1/5
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
1/6
Lot 280: Standing male figure
1/8
Lot 291: Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
1/4
Lot 299: Figural cup "gbene"
1/6
Lot 300: Rare standing figure
1/9
Lot 317: Large male shrine figure
1/6
Lot 363: Anthropomorphic mask "ngil"
1/4
Lot 366: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
1/7
Lot 369: Figural dignitary staff
1/5
Lot 375: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
1/7
Lot 390: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
1/5
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 310 : Mask "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium · Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 311 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Dutch Private Collection (1970s) · Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Beppe Berna, Bologna, Italy
Not available anymore
Lot 312 : Amulet of the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
collected in situ (1978)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 313 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 314 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 315 : Massive dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Swiss Private Collection · Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany · Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 236
Not available anymore
Lot 316 : Female "shango" shrine figure with shaman's bag "laba"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 317 : Large male shrine figure
Nigeria, Yoruba/Owo/Benin-Edo
French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 318 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado Odo
Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 319 : Beautiful pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba/Shaki
wahrscheinlich Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany · Ketterer, Munich, 12 December 1987, lot 194 · Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 3,200
Lot 320 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany · Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 321 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 322 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 323 : Rare figure "ere ibeji" with "shango" symbol
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 324 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)
Not available anymore
Lot 325 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 326 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Not available anymore
Lot 327 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 328 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 329 : Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 330 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" and cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 331 : Female pair of twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 600
Lot 332 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Not available anymore
Lot 333 : Maternity
Nigeria, Yoruba
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, lot 378 · Italian Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 334 : Colon figure: soldier
Nigeria, Yoruba
acquired in Paris (1985)
Not available anymore
Lot 335 : Headdress "gelede" with pointed cap
Nigeria, Yoruba
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany · Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 336 : Helmet mask "gelede" with elaborate coiffure
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 337 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Laurits Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 338 : Helmet mask "gelede", before 1910
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 339 : Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 340 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 341 : Ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) · Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 342 : Bracelet of "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 343 : Male helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 344 : Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki/Babungo
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 368 · Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 345 : Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Sold EUR 300
Lot 346 : Large prestige stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Standing female figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/Bangwa
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Not available anymore
Lot 348 : Mother with child
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Old American Collection · Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA · Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 5,200
Lot 349 : Dance crest "tu ngünga"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
American Private Collection, New York
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 350 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria · David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
Not available anymore
Lot 351 : Janusfaced helmet mask
Cameroon, Anyang
Danielle Collobert (1940-78), Paris, France (French author, poet and journalist) · Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (1968) · Italian Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 352 : Janus head
Cameroon, Anyang
Walter Bareiss, Salach, Germany · Neumeister, Munich, 14 May 2009, lot 165
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 353 : Staff with five heads
Cameroon, Bangwa
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 354 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Bangwa/Bamileke
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium · Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 355 : Canoe paddle
Cameroon, Duala
Old German Collection (according to Umlauff a friend of Büttikover) · Johann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany · Fritz Aurich, Berlin, Germany (1954) · German Private Collection · The provenance is documented by an original letter Umlauff wrote to F. Aurich in 1954.
Sold EUR 325
Lot 356 : Figural group
Cameroon, Kaka
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 357 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany (1980’s) · Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 358 : Standing female figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Olivier le Corneur, Paris, France · Italian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 359 : Standing female figure "tadep"
Cameroon, Mambila
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore