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
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"
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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