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 310Mask "elu"
Nigeria, OgoniDirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germanysold EUR 400
Nigeria, WurkunDutch Private Collection (1970s) Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Beppe Berna, Bologna, Italynot available anymore
Lot 312Amulet of the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yorubacollected in situ (1978)sold EUR 600
Lot 313Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 314Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanynot available anymore
Nigeria, YorubaSwiss Private Collection Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 236not available anymore
Nigeria, YorubaJan Lundberg, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore
Lot 317Large male shrine figure
Nigeria, Yoruba/Owo/Benin-EdoFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Igbesa/Ado OdoGalerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germanynot available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba/Shakiwahrscheinlich Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 12 December 1987, lot 194 Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 3,200
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu AranGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 2,000
Nigeria, Yoruba, Edesold EUR 1,200
Lot 322Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbominasold EUR 1,400
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila OrangunGert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 1,200
Lot 324Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, OyoLore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)not available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, OffaPrivate Collection, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 300
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu OdeEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)not available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, OshogboEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 600
Lot 328Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, OshogboGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germanysold EUR 400
Nigeria, Yoruba, AbeokutaPrivate Collection, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 600
Nigeria, Yoruba, AbeokutaGalerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germanysold EUR 450
Nigeria, Yoruba, IlorinPrivate Collection, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 332Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, YorubaEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)not available anymore
Lot 333Maternity
Nigeria, YorubaZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, lot 378 Italian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 334Colon figure: soldier
Nigeria, Yorubaacquired in Paris (1985)not available anymore
Nigeria, YorubaKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germanynot available anymore
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymore
Lot 337Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaLaurits Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore
Nigeria, YorubaOld British Collectionsold EUR 800
Lot 339Bell "omo"
Nigeria, YorubaFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 1,100
Lot 340Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 341Ritual staffs "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, YorubaEli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)sold EUR 250
Lot 342Bracelet of "ogboni" society
Nigeria, YorubaManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 343Male helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BabankiEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 344Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki/BabungoKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 368 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanysold EUR 2,500
Lot 345Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekesold EUR 300
Lot 346Large prestige stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamilekenot available anymore
Lot 347Standing female figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/BangwaJean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, Francenot available anymore
Lot 348Mother with child
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumOld American Collection Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 5,200
Lot 349Dance crest "tu ngünga"
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumAmerican Private Collection, New Yorksold EUR 3,000
Lot 350Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, WidekumRudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria David Serra, Barcelona, Spainnot available anymore
Lot 351Janusfaced helmet mask
Cameroon, AnyangDanielle Collobert (1940-78), Paris, France (French author, poet and journalist) Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (1968) Italian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 352Janus head
Cameroon, AnyangWalter Bareiss, Salach, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 14 May 2009, lot 165sold EUR 1,400
Lot 353Staff with five heads
Cameroon, BangwaFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 3,500
Lot 354Standing figure
Cameroon, Bangwa/BamilekeMartial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,400
Lot 355Canoe paddle
Cameroon, DualaOld 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 356Figural group
Cameroon, KakaPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 357Standing figure
Cameroon, KakaAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany (1980's) Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
Cameroon, MambilaOlivier le Corneur, Paris, France Italian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Cameroon, MambilaCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore