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 308 : Warthog mask with snake
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 309 : Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Heinz Mars, Würzburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 310 : Dance crest "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1987, lot 169 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 8. September 2012, lot 152
not available anymore
Lot 311 : Standing male figure with flute
Nigeria, Yoruba
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris (1999) Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 72
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 312 : Rare janus staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Theo A.H.M. Dobbelmann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 313 : Kneeling couple "onile"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg (collected in situ, 1959 - 1965) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, lot 281
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 314 : Divination bowl "agere ifa" with fancy caryatid figures
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 315 : Ritual staff "opa osanyin" with 18 birds
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 200
Lot 316 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin, Egbe
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 317 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, Oke Mesi
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 318 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 319 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 320 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 321 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 322 : Pair of twin figures in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
sold EUR 500
Lot 323 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 200
Lot 324 : Zoomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Wum, Aghem Region
Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010), Vienna, Austria Elisabeth Leopold, Vienna, Austria Dorotheum, Vienna, 3 May 2011, lot 83 David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
sold EUR 2,900
Lot 325 : Beautiful old mask of leader "kam"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafut or Oku
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 24 April 1975, lot 181 Kurt Egger(t), Heidelberg, Germany Michael Vignold, Cologne, Germany (2007)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 326 : Large prestige stool with leopard
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 328 : Anthropomorphic gong
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 329 : Janus-headed dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
not available anymore
Lot 330 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
Alex Jungmann, Nürnberg, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 331 : Mask "mvudi"
Gabon, Adouma
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 332 : Exceptionally beautiful and rare female ancestor figure
Gabon, Fang
John J. Klejman, New York, USA Swiss Collection
sold EUR 20,000
Lot 333 : Reliquiary figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota, Obamba or Mindumu group
Paul & Ursula Seiler / Café Tropic, Basel, Switzerland (1940s) Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 334 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota
La Reine Margot, Paris, France Hermann auf der Heide (1934-2003), Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 335 : Mask-like head sculpture
Gabon, Kota
French Collection (1930s)
not available anymore
Lot 336 : Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
Gabon, Kota
Nick Poolos (Adeon Gallery), Chicago, USA
not available anymore
Lot 337 : Face mask with peaked cap
Gabon, Punu/Tsanghi
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 338 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Denver Art Museum, USA (1952)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 339 : Anthropomorphic gong "mokengue"
Gabon, Tsogho
French Private Collection
sold EUR 950
Lot 340 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
Lionel Levi, London, England
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 341 : Crucified "nkangi kititu"
D. R. Congo
Walter Lechner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 300
Lot 342 : Crucifix "nkangi kititu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 344 : Bow harp "kundi"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 345 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
not available anymore
Lot 346 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
French Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 347 : Two headdresses
Madagascar, Merina/Bara
not available anymore
Lot 348 : Jar with janus heads
D. R. Congo/Sudan, Azande
not available anymore
Lot 349 : Bell "dibu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 350 : Upper part of a dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
collected in 1912 French Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 342
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 351 : Initiation rattle "ntafu mahangu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Old Private Collection Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 352 : Figural vessel from the artist Voania of Muba, before 1928
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Woyo, Village Muba
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 353 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Yombe
not available anymore
Lot 354 : Small male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 355 : Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 356 : Small male figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 357 : Mask with horns "eluba"
D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 358 : Janus-faced helmet mask "echawokaba" or "echwaboga"
D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 359 : Male face mask "munjinga"
D. R. Congo, Biombo
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
sold EUR 200