July 7, 2018

89th Tribal Art Auction

The collection of the Wuppertal artist Gerd Hanebeck with objects from the Han Coray collection. African art works from European collections, including an important group of historical Mumuye figures and special works of art from Nigeria. Selected objects from Papua New Guinea.

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Highlights

1/4
Lot 17
Rare pectoral ornament
1/9
Lot 31
Headrest, 19th century
1/4
Lot 36
Suspension hook with male figure
1/6
Lot 37
Frieze mask
1/6
Lot 137
Helmet mask "zo gbe"
1/6
Lot 149
Figural group with sacrificial bowl, 19th/beginning of 20th century
1/5
Lot 153
Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
1/5
Lot 170
Large anthropomorphic mask
1/7
Lot 180
Standing female figure
1/7
Lot 199
Pair of figures "lü me"
1/6
Lot 200
Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
1/6
Lot 210
Rare old "zauli" mask
1/6
Lot 215
Equestrian figure
1/5
Lot 217
Rare zoomorphic mask
1/8
Lot 249
Headdress with figural superstructure
1/9
Lot 258
Rare panel of the "ekpo" society
1/7
Lot 259
Circular face mask for the "ekpo" society
1/5
Lot 260
Circular face mask for the "ekpo" society
1/6
Lot 268
Rare dance crest of fancy design
1/5
Lot 277
Two rare masks "okpu isi amavulu"
1/8
Lot 278
Janus-faced helmet mask
1/6
Lot 289
Water spirit mask
1/7
Lot 296
Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/8
Lot 297
Standing ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/9
Lot 298
Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/7
Lot 299
Standing ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/8
Lot 300
Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/8
Lot 301
Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
1/6
Lot 312
Rare janus staff "edan oshugbo"
1/6
Lot 326
Large prestige stool with leopard
1/6
Lot 332
Exceptionally beautiful and rare female ancestor figure
1/7
Lot 333
Reliquiary figure "mbulu-ngulu"
1/4
Lot 334
Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
1/5
Lot 335
Mask-like head sculpture
1/7
Lot 336
Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
1/6
Lot 374
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
1/4
Lot 394
Head scultpure
1/2
Lot 402
Spoon
1/9
Lot 410
Staff of office "kibango"
1/6
Lot 419
Anthropomorphic male ancestor figure "beli"
1/4
Lot 445
Rare board mask
1/6
Lot 466
Standing male figure "tege"
1/8
Lot 475
Mask "ndeemba"
1/7
Lot 497
Rare figure

89th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 102
Two figures
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 103
Two combs
Ghana, Akan
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 104
Standing figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 105
Three objects
Nigeria
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 106
Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Edo-Bini
Han Coray, Zurich, Switzerland Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 107
Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 108
Male tutelary divinity "alusi" with medicine pouch around the neck
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 109
Figure of a tutelary spirit "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 110
Pair of shrine figures "alusi"
Nigeria, Southern Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 111
Maternity
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 112
Two female masks "ngwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 113
Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 114
Two anthropomorphic dance crests
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 115
Two anthropomorphic ritual bowls
Nigeria, Igbo/Izzi
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 116
Two anthropomorphic bells "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 117
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Esie
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 118
Twin figure "ere ibeji", a work of the master carver Bamgboye
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, Odo Owa
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 119
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 120
Two male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 121
Three male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 122
Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 123
Bowl/Lamp
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 124
Anthropomorphic harp "ngombi"
Gabon, Fang
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 125
Three figures
D. R. Congo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 126
Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 127
Mask with abundant plant fibre cuff
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 128
Spotted face mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri Region, Ndaaka
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 129
Anthropomorphic friction oracle "itombwa" and slit drum
D. R. Congo, Kuba/Holo
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 130
Mask "giwoyo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 131
Mask with two crowning figures
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 132
Three ritual figures
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 133
Head sculpture
Chad, Sao
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
sold EUR 330
Lot 134
Round shield
Somalia
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 135
Face mask with tubular eyes and articulated lower jaw
Liberia, Dan
Bode and Bodes, The Hague, The Netherlands (1963) R. K. Universiteit Nijmegen, Instituut voor Kulturele Antropologie, The Netherlands (2005) - Inventory Card No. 886 available Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands G. Person, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 136
Anthropo-/zoomorphic dancecrest
Liberia, Grebo
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's, Paris, 12 June 2003, lot 312 Bernard Dulon, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 137
Helmet mask "zo gbe"
Sierra Leone/Liberia, Gola
Allan Stone, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 138
Powder horn
Sierra Leone, Kissi/Mende/Toma/Temne
not available anymore
Lot 139
Head sculpture "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Marsha Konialian, Pennsylvania, USA Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Inv # 54-3200)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 140
Seated male stone figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
American Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 141
Stone figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Carlo Monzino, Castagnola, Italy
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 142
Beautiful helmet mask "bundu" or "sowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Bud Rose, USA Bruce Frank, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 143
Miniature helmet mask "bundu"
Sierra Leone, Mende
William (Bill) Siegmann, New York, USA
sold EUR 900
Lot 144
Female half figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
John Monroe, Nevada, USA Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 145
Zoomorphic helmet mask
Sierra Leone, Temne
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 146
Dance headdress "zigiren wonde"
Guinea, Baga
not available anymore
Lot 147
Body mask of "poro" society
Guinea, Koranko
British Private Collection Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 148
Miniature mask with horns
Guinea, Toma
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 149
Figural group with sacrificial bowl, 19th/beginning of 20th century
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Paul O'Connor Denver Art Museum, USA (1952)
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 150
Stool with ornamented seat
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Dutchman, working for the Peace Corps "SNV" (1970s) C.R. van Dick, Mali/Guinea-Bissau (1990s) Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800
Lot 151
Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore