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
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
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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
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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 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