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 254 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Chamba
High Museum, Atlanta, USA (1971) American Private Collection, New Orleans (2015) John Falcon, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Bird mask
Nigeria, Djibete
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 21 March 2011, lot 80
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 258 : Rare panel of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (1970s) Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium (2007) Christie's, Paris, 11 December 2014, lot 153 Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Circular face mask for the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 260 : Circular face mask for the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France, collected in the 1970s (Inv. No. 25614)
not available anymore
Lot 261 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Eket
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Baron Frederic Rolin, New York, USA (1982)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 262 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Eket
Roger F. Azar, Paris, France Drouot, Paris, 19 April 2002, lot 151
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 263 : Mask
Nigeria, Eket/Ibibio
not available anymore
Lot 264 : Bell
Nigeria, Eket/Ibibio
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
not available anymore
Lot 265 : Two bells
Nigeria, Eket
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France, collected in the 1970s
not available anymore
Lot 266 : Hat
Nigeria, Hausa
sold EUR 350
Lot 267 : Kneeling figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 268 : Rare dance crest of fancy design
Nigeria, Ibibio
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 269 : Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Anang Ibibio
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 270 : Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Max Willborg, London, Great Britain / Stockholm, Sweden Christie's, London, 26 April 1977, lot 181 Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 271 : Large anthropomorphic mask with horns
Nigeria, Ibibio
sold EUR 850
Lot 272 : Janiform headdress
Nigeria, Ibibio
Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany Helmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerland Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (2005)
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Uniformed marionette in colon style
Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Lot 275 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Igala
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Expressive female figure
Nigeria, Igala
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 277 : Two rare masks "okpu isi amavulu"
South East Nigeria, Igala/Ibaji
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 278 : Janus-faced helmet mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Gallery Patrice Trigano, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, 8 December 2004, lot 171 Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 279 : Horned mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Michèle Yoyotte, Paris, France (1976) Etude J.J.Mathias-Baron Ribeyre - E.Farrando, Paris, 6 October 2016, lot 353
not available anymore
Lot 280 : Maiden spirit face mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 281 : Face mask with janus head "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 282 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Bruce Frank, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 283 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 284 : Standing female figure with crested coiffure
Nigeria, Igbo
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands M. Schüssler, Hamburg, Germany (acquired between 1980 and 1990)
sold EUR 250
Lot 285 : Caryatid stool
Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma
Alex Jungmann, Nürnberg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 286 : Anklet "ogba"
Nigeria, Igbo
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 287 : Neckring/currency
Nigeria, Igbo
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 288 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
French Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 289 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
George Oltay, Johannesburg, South Africa Egon Günther, Johannesburg, South Africa Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2000, lot 87 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 233
not available anymore
Lot 291 : Dance crest
Nigeria - Niger Delta, Isoko/Kwale Igbo
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 Juni 2014, lot 163
not available anymore
Lot 292 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Jukun
Edward J. Klejman, Paris, France Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 18 December 1990, lot 38 Luc Berthier, Paris, France (1990) Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Zoomorphic dance crest "aku onu"
Nigeria, Jukun
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 294 : Small "mangam" mask (bushcow)
Nigeria, Kantana/Mama
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1970) Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, Belgium (1971) Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, South Africa Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2000, lot 88
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 295 : Headdress "ngamdak"
Nigeria, Koro, Jos Plateau
Baudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium Wayne Heathcote, Australia
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 296 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 297 : Standing ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 298 : Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 299 : Standing ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,700
Lot 300 : Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 301 : Female ancestor figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 302 : Small male figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Lot 303 : Zoomorphic mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, Ogoni
sold EUR 400
Lot 304 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 305 : Anthropomorphic ritual object "imborivungu"
Nigeria, Tiv
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 306 : Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo or Isoko
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (collected in the 1970s)
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 307 : Post figure "wundul" or "dumbun"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance