
90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art
Session I: Tribal Art (Lots 1 - 341)
17 November 2018 – 2 pm
Tribal Art, Japan, Contemporary Art & Ceramics
Session II: Contemporary Native American Art (Lots 342 - 574)
20 November 2018 – 2 pm
The private collection of the Americanist, Prof. Gerhard and Dr. Gisela Hoffmann
Highlights
Lot 12: Shaman's mask with ear ornament
Lot 14: Part of a shaman's costume
Lot 51: Untitled (Zeichen), c. 1960
Lot 52: Untitled, 1964
Lot 55: Light structure, 1975
Lot 56: Artist-Textile, 1988
Lot 67: Large drum, around 1880
Lot 127: Standing male figure "waka sona"
Lot 149: Rare female figure "tale ko"
Lot 157: Rare helmet mask "degele"
Lot 158: Standing female figure
Lot 243: Rare ancestor figure "gheonga"
Lot 247: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 269: Head "kebe kebe"
Lot 278: Anthropomorphic spoon "kalukili"
Lot 326: High-quality staff "mvwala"
Lot 327: Chiefs stool "kiti ya sultani"
Lot 341: Link chain, before 1920
Lot 160 : Beautiful heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoAntonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 750Lot 161 : Female ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, Germanynot available anymoreLot 162 : Standing female figure "yodola"
Côte d'Ivoire, TurkaMichel de Mol, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, 24 November 2012, lot 153 Belgian Collectionnot available anymoreLot 163 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé/ Wobé/ NgereFrench Colonial Collection Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,000Lot 164 : Miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Guéré/ WobéGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 900Lot 165 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureKoller, Zurich, 18. June 2012, lot 1641 Private Collection, Munich, Germanysold EUR 12,000Lot 166 : Standing figure with bell
Ghana, Akan, Osei Bonsu (1900-1977)German Private Collectionsold EUR 1,400Lot 167 : Anthropomorphic mask
Ghana, AkanGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergnot available anymoreLot 168 : Sitting female figure with child "eli mansa"
Ghana, AshantiGalerie Michael Neumann, Düsseldorf, Germany (1995)Price EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 169 : Fertilty doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiAlex Jungmann, Nürnberg, Germanysold EUR 450Lot 170 : Beautiful fertility doll "akua'ba"
Ghana, FanteRené David, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,100Lot 171 : Fertility doll "akua'ba"
Ghana, FanteToni Dähler, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 172 : Figure with snake "mami wata"
Togo, Agbagli Kossi (1935-1991)Jürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanysold EUR 400Lot 173 : Plaque with ram head
Nigeria, BeninLudwig Maurer (1907-1986), Heppenheim, Germany Jürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanynot available anymoreLot 174 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Boki or MbembeArtcurial, Paris, Art Tribal, 7 June 2005, Lot 59 Christie's Paris, 15 Juin 2010, Lot 54sold EUR 4,500Lot 175 : Large mask
Nigeria, Ibibio / EketOld British Collectionsold EUR 3,000Lot 176 : Dance crest
Nigeria, Ibibio/ OgoniAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, Francenot available anymoreLot 177 : Mask
Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or AnangMarceau Rivière, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,100Lot 178 : Anthropomorphic box
Nigeria, Igala, Umale Oganegi (*1929), UkujaSwiss Collectionnot available anymoreLot 179 : Seated female figure
Nigeria, IgalaZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, lot 290 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 1,500Lot 180 : Fine worked bell "okpogo ilo"
Nigeria, IgalaJürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanysold EUR 1,500Lot 181 : Maske "nne mgbo" ("Mother of Mgbo")
Nigeria, Afikpo Igbonot available anymoreLot 182 : Face mask "ikpobi"
Nigeria, IdomaPrivate Collection, Corsica, Francenot available anymoreLot 183 : Elephant headdress for "ekpe" masquerade
Nigeria, Igbo, Ohuhu-NgwaPierre Loos, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 184 : Mask "mma ji" ("yam knife")
Nigeria, IgboEric Robertson, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 185 : Standing male shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbosold EUR 2,400Lot 186 : Janushead
Nigeria, IgboPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germanynot available anymoreLot 187 : Anklet "ogba"
Nigeria, IgboJürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanysold EUR 700Lot 188 : Title stool of the "ozo" society
Nigeria, Igbo, Awka RegionFamily Estate Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, London, Great Britain Jones (1940-1982) was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.Price EUR 3,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 189 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, IzziHans Schneckenburger, Munich, Germany Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 190 : Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine "gbene"
Nigeria, KoroChristian Humburg, Mainz, Germany Manfred Magin, Hemsbach, Germanysold EUR 5,000Lot 191 : Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)Ulrich von Schroeder, Switzerland Koller, Geneva, 11 December 2013, lot 357 Zemanek-Münster, 27 February 2016, lot 395not available anymoreLot 192 : Ceremonial mask
Nigeria, MumuyeSwiss Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, 24 November 2012, lot 251 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 193 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, MumuyeJean Zimmermann, New York, USA Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 6,800Lot 194 : Three door panels "ilekun"
Nigeria, Nupe, Sakiwa the Younger of Lapai (Abuja Emirates)Grützmann, Bad Kissingen, Germanysold EUR 1,500Lot 195 : Antelope mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, OgoniFrench Private Collection, Parisnot available anymoreLot 196 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu" of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, OgoniManfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, Lot 283sold EUR 700Lot 197 : Zoomorphic mask with two pairs of horns "karikpo"
Nigeria, OgoniAlex Jungmann, Nürnberg, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 198 : Metal mask in "gelede" style, around 1900
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ali Amonikoyi (1880-1920)Heinz Vogel, Frankfurt, Germanysold EUR 900Lot 199 : Mask "egungun"
Nigeria, YorubaWalter Schmidt, Igls/Innsbruck, Austriasold EUR 600Lot 200 : Headdress "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaLucas Ratton, Paris, France French Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 201 : Helmet mask "epa" or "elofon", mother and child
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta/ EkitiHeidi Müller, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 3,400Lot 202 : Maternité
Nigeria, YorubaLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1960s) Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 148sold EUR 750Lot 203 : Body mask "aboyun" (the "pregnant")
Nigeria, YorubaBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 204 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, IkoroduBritish Private Collectionsold EUR 1,600Lot 205 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu AranAlex Jungmann, Nurembeg, Germanysold EUR 1,000Lot 206 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado OdoZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, lot 295 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 1,200Lot 207 : Diviner's necklace with two pouches "apon ifa"
Nigeria, Yorubanot available anymoreLot 208 : Fine carved oracle board "opon ifa" with tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaGert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 149 After studying zoology, following World War II U. Klever became a journalist working in Hamburg from 1953-1963. He began collecting African art after meeting the dealer Boris Kegel-Konietzko. He is the author of the standard work "Bruckmann's Handbuch der Afrikanischen Kunst", Munich, 1975.sold EUR 500Lot 209 : Beautiful oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, IseyinGalerie Michael Neumann, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 450