
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.
Highlights
Lot 17: Rare pectoral ornament
Lot 31: Headrest, 19th century
Lot 37: Frieze mask
Lot 137: Helmet mask "zo gbe"
Lot 153: Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Lot 170: Large anthropomorphic mask
Lot 180: Standing female figure
Lot 199: Pair of figures "lü me"
Lot 210: Rare old "zauli" mask
Lot 215: Equestrian figure
Lot 217: Rare zoomorphic mask
Lot 258: Rare panel of the "ekpo" society
Lot 268: Rare dance crest of fancy design
Lot 277: Two rare masks "okpu isi amavulu"
Lot 278: Janus-faced helmet mask
Lot 289: Water spirit mask
Lot 312: Rare janus staff "edan oshugbo"
Lot 326: Large prestige stool with leopard
Lot 333: Reliquiary figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Lot 335: Mask-like head sculpture
Lot 336: Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
Lot 374: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 394: Head scultpure
Lot 410: Staff of office "kibango"
Lot 445: Rare board mask
Lot 466: Standing male figure "tege"
Lot 475: Mask "ndeemba"
Lot 497: Rare figure
Lot 152 : Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun"
Mali, BamanaWill Barnet (1911-2012), New York City, USA Barnet was an American artist known for his paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints depicting casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dream-like worlds.sold EUR 2,200Lot 153 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Mali, BamanaCole Harrell, New York, USAsold EUR 4,000Lot 154 : Antelope dance crest "kamelen sogo koun"
Mali, BamanaFrench Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 155 : Female marionette "merekun"
Mali, BamanaAlain Bovis, Paris, France French Private Collectionsold EUR 2,500Lot 156 : Head of a hobby horse "koredugaso"
Mali, BamanaMarc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium (collected in situ in the 1970s) John Falcon, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 157 : Two zoomorphic puppet heads
Mali, BamanaJo de Buck, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 158 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, BamanaGerman Collectionsold EUR 800Lot 159 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamananot available anymoreLot 160 : Zoomorphic mask "ntomo"
Mali, BamanaGerman Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 162 : Container with figurally carved lid
Mali, BamanaDirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germanynot available anymoreLot 163 : Marionette "meren"
Mali, BozoMamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPrice EUR 900plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 164 : Three old millet pounder
Mali, Dogonnot available anymoreLot 165 : Standing female figure
Mali, DogonMark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 166 : Figure with raised arm
Mali, DogonAlain Bovis, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 167 : Small standing figure
Mali, Dogonsold EUR 250Lot 168 : Hunter mask "dana-na"
Mali, DogonCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedensold EUR 2,000Lot 169 : Anthropomorphic mask "samana"
Mali, DogonAmerican Private Collection, New Yorknot available anymoreLot 170 : Large anthropomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Bobo/Marka/DafingPierre Robin, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 171 : Mask "sigma"
Burkina Faso, Bwa/GhanaCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedennot available anymoreLot 172 : Expressive anthropomorphic figure
Burkina Faso, LobiYves Créhalet, Paris, Francesold EUR 900Lot 173 : Standing male figure
Burkina Faso, LobiGerman Collectionnot available anymoreLot 174 : Small standing protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiYves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 89sold EUR 650Lot 175 : Small kneeling figure
Burkina Faso, LobiIrwin Hersey, New York, USA Zermanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 142 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 176 : Figural carved dance staff "khuluor"
Burkina Faso, Lobinot available anymoreLot 177 : Caryatid stool with maternity figure
Burkina Faso, LobiMax Itzikovitz, Paris, France Gallery Flak, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 178 : Standing female figure "niande"
Burkina Faso, MossiPierre Richard Royer, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 179 : Anthropomorphic figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Katiola, Vallée du Bandama, TagbanaAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France, collected in the 1970snot available anymoreLot 180 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié/EbriéGerman CollectionPrice EUR 4,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 181 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGuy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1960) Gallery Flak, Paris, France Anita Schröder, Munich, Germanysold EUR 7,500Lot 182 : Female mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (before WW II) Georg Neuner, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 229 Belgian Private Collectionsold EUR 1,500Lot 183 : Female face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleM. Schüssler, Hamburg, Germany (acquired between 1980 and 1990)sold EUR 1,800Lot 184 : Standing male figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleYann Ferrandin, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 185 : Seated female figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Sakassou RegionSpanish Private Collection David Serra, Barcelona, Spainnot available anymoreLot 186 : Seated female figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleMark Eglinton, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 187 : Figural couple "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLore Kegel & Dr. Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ 1956/1958 in the region of the city of Katiola) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 274 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumsold EUR 3,000Lot 188 : Seated male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Dimbokro RegionJan Baum & J. Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, USAnot available anymoreLot 189 : Large standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJan Isaac Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem, California, USAsold EUR 3,000Lot 190 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleYann Ferrandin, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 191 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,800Lot 192 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJoan Oestreich Kend, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 193 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFernand Devèze (1895-1962), Avignon, France (before 1950) Aguttes, Drouot, Paris, 20 Novembre 2009, lot 245sold EUR 1,400Lot 194 : Drum
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 195 : Anthropomorphic heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrench Collectionnot available anymoreLot 196 : Flywhisk handle
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleHenri Plester, Gladbach, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 5 April 2017, lot 41sold EUR 600Lot 197 : Zoomorphic masl "goli glen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymoreLot 198 : Male/female couple, Ldamie
Côte d'Ivoire, DanOld British Collectionsold EUR 3,500Lot 199 : Pair of figures "lü me"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanHarvey R. ("Bud") Frantz (died 1963), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA Colleen (Frantz) Compton-Deater, Danielsville, Pennsylvania, USA Late in 1936 H. R. Frantz was sent to Liberia, West Africa, to manage a 3,000-acre estate and oversee the work of 500 natives for the Firestone Plantation Company. His work included development of new rubber plantations from the jungle as well as the production of liquid latex. When his job was finished, he and a few friends struck out northward through the jungle, travelling by whatever means they happened to come across, mostly by canoe or foot, until they finally reached the legendary town of Timbuktu. When he returned to his country two years later, Frantz brought the Dan couple to Pennsylvania, where it remained in family estate up to now. The above is confirmed by Colleen (Frantz) Compton-Deater, the granddaughter of H. R. Frantz.sold EUR 8,000Lot 200 : Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 201 : Actor mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanAmerican Private Collection (1987) John Falcon, New York, USAsold EUR 3,500Lot 202 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, DanYann Ferrandin, Paris, Francenot available anymore