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

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