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
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Lot 124: Tomb stela with ancestor head
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Lot 130: Rare mask
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Lot 141: Female figure with child "jo mooni" or "gwan dusu"
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Lot 149: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
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Lot 154: Rare mask
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Lot 169: Anthropozoomorphic mask "hombo" or "kobié" (rooster)
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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
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Lot 267: Anthropomorphic dance crest
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Lot 280: Standing male figure
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Lot 291: Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
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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 413 : Group of raffia weaving "bilaam"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Roger de Vloo, Belgian missionary (collected in situ, 1954) De Vloo (born 1915) entered the order of the White Fathers in 1934. He travelled to Congo in 1946 to shoot documentaries about the congregation with the assistance of the Africa-Films production company. While he lived in Kivu, from 1947 to 1967, he filmed near to 70 films.
sold EUR 900
Lot 414 : Dance club "ebongo" in colon style
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
sold EUR 700
Lot 415 : Two dance clubs "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 416 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1999) Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 417 : Helmet mask
D. R. Congo, Kwese
not available anymore
Lot 418 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 419 : Rare mask
D. R. Congo, Lega/Shi
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 421 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 422 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Lega, Region of Kalole
Jan van den Driessche (1958) Emile-Alexandre Georges, Belgium (2009) Christie's, Paris, 16 June 2009, lot 159 Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 423 : Ritual object
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Loeb, Paris, France Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 424 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 800
Lot 425 : Pendant
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Blade-shaped object
D. R. Congo, Lega
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 350
Lot 427 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Lengola
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 429 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Kalundwe
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium Belgian Private Collection Native, Brussels, 23 January 2016, lot 79
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Staff of office "kibango", end of 19th century
D. R. Congo, Luba
George Gillot, Colonial Official in Belgish Congo (died 24 March 1933?)
sold EUR 4,900
Lot 431 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi
Artcurial, Paris, 22 June 2015, lot 40
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 433 : Janiform figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 435 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 600
Lot 436 : Male maskette of the "bwadi bwa kifwebe" society
D. R. Congo, Luba, Kabinda territory
collected in situ by a Belgian missionary (around 1920) Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 437 : Mask with horns "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Franke, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 382 Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 438 : Bird mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba/Songe
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 439 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Jos Walscharts, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Small power figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
sold EUR 300
Lot 441 : Trumpet "namburuse"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 443 : One-armed male power figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 444 : Figure "okifa"
D. R. Congo, Mbole
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 166 German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 445 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Ndaaka
not available anymore
Lot 446 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Nyindu
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 447 : Figural calabash stopper
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Small anthropomorphic cup
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 200
Lot 449 : Female mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 450 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Aaron Furmann Gallery, New York, USA (1967) Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall, New York, USA Bruce Frank, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 453 : Mask "kasangu"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1955, Southern Kasai Area, District Louise, Village Tulume) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 31 October 2015, lot 487
sold EUR 800
Lot 454 : Face mask
D. R. Congo, Shi
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 455 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Songye
Daniel Hourdé & Philippe Ratton, Paris, France Philippe Laeremans, Liège, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 379 Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium David Blackhurst, Bakersfield, USA
not available anymore
Lot 457 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Dolf Bode, The Hague, The Netherlands Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 459 : Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Jean Zimmermann, New York, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 460 : Panel mask
D. R. Congo, Songe/Luba
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 462 : Rare figural carved staff
D. R. Congo, Songe-Beneki
Leslie Gooday (1921-2013), Great Britain (architect)
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 463 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Cheveau, Brussels, Belgium Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Max Itzikovitz, Paris, France Ruth & Marc Franklin, San Francisco, USA Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Inventory No. 54-2832) Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 465 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
Niamé Keita, collected in situ 1970's Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 700
Lot 467 : Initiation rattle "ntafu mahangu"
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Philippe Laeremans, Brussels, Belgium (1998) American Private Collection, New York
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 468 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 469 : Standing male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Robert Lehuard, France (collected in situ,1924 -1933) Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 470 : Small power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USA Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 471 : Standing male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Franco Monti, Milan, Italy Italian Private Collection
not available anymore