
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
- Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi AroGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 500
- Nigeria, Yoruba, Rep. Benin (Dahomey)Ursula Voorhuis, Sint Agathe, The Netherlands (1978) Universiteit Nijmegen, Instituut voor Kulturele Antropologie, The Netherlands (Inventory No. 1612/ Inventory card available)not available anymore
- Lot 212
Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanysold EUR 350 - Nigeria, YorubaGert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germanysold EUR 400
- Lot 215
Drum, before 1914
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-TungoJulius Carlebach, New York, USA (1952)sold EUR 3,000 - Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/ BatiéChristian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanysold EUR 550
- Lot 217
Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 350 - Lot 218
Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeBelgian Collectionsold EUR 1,200 - Lot 219
Royal throne stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumGisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germanysold EUR 4,000 - Lot 220
Prestige Bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumMary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania, USAsold EUR 330 - Cameroon Grassfields, BamumUlrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germanysold EUR 1,500
- Lot 222
Janiform dance crest
Cameroon, Anyang/ BangwaHouben, Hans (1871-1942), Viersen/ Freiburg, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Henri Schouten, Amsterdam/Los Angeles, The Netherlands/USA (1977) German Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 5,000 - Lot 223
Figural dance crest
Cameroon, AnyangBritish Private Collectionsold EUR 850 - Lot 224
Large round stool
Cameroon, Bali/ BamilekeWolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, lot 332 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 350 - Lot 225
Royal throne
Cameroon, Bangwa / BamilekeGisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 226
Mother and child figure
Cameroon, BangwaFrench Collectionnot available anymore - Southern Cameroon, Fang, MabeaEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis/Berlin, USA/ Germanysold EUR 6,000
- Cameroon, MambilaHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,200
- Cameroon, TikarOld German Colonial Collectionsold EUR 700
- Cameroon, TikarGerman Private Collection, GöttingenPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
- Lot 231
Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Adouma/ FangGerman Collection, Munichsold EUR 3,800 - Lot 232
Tobacco pipe
Gabon, Fangnot available anymore - Gabon, KotaEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis, USA / Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,400
- Gabon, Kota, Obamba groupEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis/Berlin, USA/ Germany Helm (1913-1999) was an American composer, musicologist and music critic. He studied at Harvard, and then after having been awarded a travel fellowship, with Gian Francesco Malipiero in Asolo, Italy and Ralph Vaughan Williams in England. In 1948, he was appointed Music Officer for the occupying US army in Germany. From 1950 and into the 1960s, Helm worked as a music critic in Germany. In parallel, he was composing. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned and premiered his First Piano Concerto in 1951, the same year as his first opera, Adam and Eve, was performed at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.sold EUR 30,000
- Gabon, KweleBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germanysold EUR 1,800
- Gabon, LumboJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAsold EUR 1,400
- Lot 237
Female face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punuacquired in Paris in 1935 Carmen Oechsle (1909-1987), Zurich, Switzerland (1979) Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,800 - Lot 238
Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, PunuRobert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, lot 355 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 500 - Lot 239
Small figure
Gabon, Pununot available anymore - Lot 240
Small standing female figure
Gabon, Pununot available anymore - Gabon, Tsoghonot available anymore
- Gabon, Tsogho/ SangoChristie's, Paris, 15 Juin 2002, lot 214 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, lot 304 Private Collection, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
- Gabon, Tsogho/VuviArnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerlandnot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, AzandePrivate Collection, Regensburg, Germanysold EUR 1,000
- Lot 246
Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, AzandeWilly Sand, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore - Lot 247
Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo / Vili / YombeMon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium Ketterer, Munich, 15 December 1990, lot 355 Henri Schouten, Amsterdam/Los Angeles, The Netherlands/USA (1991) German Private Collectionsold EUR 3,800 - Lot 248
Dignitary staff, around 1880
D. R. Congo, BakongoBodes en Bode, Den Haag, The Netherlands (1966) Universiteit Nijmegen, Instituut voor Kulturele Antropologie, The Netherlands (Inventory No. 1101/ Inventory card available)not available anymore - Lot 249
Bracelet
D. R. Congo, BakongoBelgian Collection, Brusselssold EUR 300 - D. R. Congo, BembeHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germanynot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, Bembecollected before 1939 François-Joseph Reste de Rocca, Paris, France (Governor of French Equatorial Africa from 1935 to 1939 and Governor of Côte d'Ivoire) Loudmer, Paris, "Arts Primitifs", 31 May 1983, lot 97 Philippe Solvit, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,000
- D. R. Congo, BembeLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1977) Hans van Witteloostuyn, Delft, The Netherlands (1998) Jos Quodbach, Maastricht, The Netherlandssold EUR 2,900
- D. R. Congo, Bembe (eastern)Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,500
- Lot 254
Female ancestor spirit mask
D. R. Congo, Bindji, UketeMarc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Group 2 Gallery, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,600 - Lot 255
Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka/ SongolaFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Private Collection, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 11 November 2010, lot 50sold EUR 4,200 - Lot 256
Tobacco pipe
D. R. Congo, Bwakanot available anymore - Lot 257
Miniature mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, ChokweZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20 May 2006, Lot 450sold EUR 400 - Lot 258
Seated figure in Colon style
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lundanot available anymore - D. R. Congo, HembaFrench Collection Issaka Zango, New York, USAsold EUR 3,000
- Lot 260
Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba/ Bembe, Kuyu-GomaMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Walter Schweizer, Kastanienbaum, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,200 - Lot 261
Old Pestle
D. R. Congo, Kuba-ShoowaPatrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 3,200