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 203 : Miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/ Ngere
French Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 204 : Miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 205 : Passport mask "nyonkula"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 350
Lot 207 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
American Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 208 : Anthropomorphic beak mask "sagbwe"
Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 209 : Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Yacouba/Kono
Gallery Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 210 : Rare old "zauli" mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Marc & Denyse Ginzberg, New York, USA Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1983, lot 106
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 211 : Face mask crowned by a pair of birds
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 212 : Standing female ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 213 : Staff for a champion cultivator "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 800
Lot 214 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Joan Oestreich Kend, New York, USA Mrs. Kends parents, Charles and Sophy Oestreich, began collecting art in the early 1950s. Their collection reflects a generations-long affinity for carefully curating beautiful works of art, including Impressionist and Modern Art, Chinese Works of Art, and Americana. Joan not only inherited works from her parents exquisite collection, she also inherited their passion for collecting and their appreciation for art in a variety of forms.
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 215 : Equestrian figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 216 : Colon equestrian figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Charles Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 217 : Rare zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Noble & Jean Endicott, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Dance crest "dagu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (1970) Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, lot 223
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 219 : Stool
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 220 : Small standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Henri Plester, Gladbach, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 46
sold EUR 550
Lot 221 : Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guéré
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Guéré
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 900
Lot 223 : Amulet in form of a mask
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 224 : Crescent-shaped pendant
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Crescent-shaped pendant
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 226 : Pendant
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 227 : Crescent-shaped pendant
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 228 : Round pendant
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 229 : Small crescent-shaped pendant and staff top
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 230 : Flat modelled memorial head
Ghana, Akan / Kwahu
Luc Delage, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
not available anymore
Lot 232 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
presumably collected in the 1960s Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 233 : Power figure
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 350
Lot 234 : Group of goldweights: birds
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 800
Lot 235 : Goldweight: Musician
Ghana, Akan
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris, France
sold EUR 300
Lot 236 : Elephant sculpture
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 500
Lot 237 : Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
not available anymore
Lot 238 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Christophe Evers, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 239 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 900
Lot 240 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Pierre Thoma, La Hulpe, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 241 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
Rut van Caelenbergh, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 242 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Fante
Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 243 : Standing figure
Togo, Ada
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (collected in the 1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Ancestor figure
Togo, Konkomba
Dieter Schnurr, Cologne, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, lot 238
not available anymore
Lot 245 : Standing figure
Togo, Losso
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Pair of figures
Togo, Losso
not available anymore
Lot 247 : Zoomorphic ceremonial staff "recade"
Benin, Fon
Alex Jungmann, Nürnberg, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 248 : Standing female figure
Benin, Fon
not available anymore
Lot 249 : Headdress with figural superstructure
Nigeria, Afo
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Standing female figure on stool
Nigeria, Afo/Idoma/Igala
not available anymore
Lot 251 : Stool in shape of a crouching monkey
Nigeria, Anago/Yoruba/Fon
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
not available anymore
Lot 252 : Memorial head of an "oba"
Nigeria, Benin
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, lot 319
sold EUR 600
Lot 253 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Boki
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Sotheby's, Paris, 6 December 2005, lot 78
sold EUR 6,500