
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 210 : Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi AroGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 500Lot 211 : Unusual dance wand "oshe shango"
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 anymoreLot 212 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanysold EUR 350Lot 214 : Bowl with lid "igbobi ehoro" in shape of a duck
Nigeria, YorubaGert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germanysold EUR 400Lot 215 : Drum, before 1914
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-TungoJulius Carlebach, New York, USA (1952)sold EUR 3,000Lot 216 : Small figure "mu po" for fortune telling rituals
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke/ BatiéChristian Franke, Murrhardt, Germanysold EUR 550Lot 217 : Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 350Lot 218 : Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeBelgian Collectionsold EUR 1,200Lot 219 : Royal throne stool
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumGisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germanysold EUR 4,000Lot 220 : Prestige Bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumMary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania, USAsold EUR 330Lot 221 : Rare trophy calabash, 19th century
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumUlrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germanysold EUR 1,500Lot 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 5,000Lot 223 : Figural dance crest
Cameroon, AnyangBritish Private Collectionsold EUR 850Lot 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 350Lot 225 : Royal throne
Cameroon, Bangwa / BamilekeGisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 226 : Mother and child figure
Cameroon, BangwaFrench Collectionnot available anymoreLot 227 : Guardian figure of reliquary ensemble "byeri"
Southern Cameroon, Fang, MabeaEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis/Berlin, USA/ Germanysold EUR 6,000Lot 228 : Standing figure "tadep" of the "suaga" society
Cameroon, MambilaHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,200Lot 229 : Two rare guardian figures, before 1914
Cameroon, TikarOld German Colonial Collectionsold EUR 700Lot 230 : Sword with sheath, before 1914
Cameroon, TikarGerman Private Collection, GöttingenPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 231 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Adouma/ FangGerman Collection, Munichsold EUR 3,800Lot 232 : Tobacco pipe
Gabon, Fangnot available anymoreLot 233 : Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, KotaEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis, USA / Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,400Lot 234 : Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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 30,000Lot 235 : Head sculpture with three faces
Gabon, KweleBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germanysold EUR 1,800Lot 236 : Standing female figure "nkhosi"
Gabon, LumboJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAsold EUR 1,400Lot 237 : Female face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punuacquired in Paris in 1935 Carmen Oechsle (1909-1987), Zurich, Switzerland (1979) Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,800Lot 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 500Lot 239 : Small figure
Gabon, Pununot available anymoreLot 240 : Small standing female figure
Gabon, Pununot available anymoreLot 241 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Tsoghonot available anymoreLot 243 : Rare ancestor figure "gheonga"
Gabon, Tsogho/ SangoChristie's, Paris, 15 Juin 2002, lot 214 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, lot 304 Private Collection, Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 244 : Small female figure with delicate facial features
Gabon, Tsogho/VuviArnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 245 : Beautiful old horn ("Oliphant"), 19th century
D. R. Congo, AzandePrivate Collection, Regensburg, Germanysold EUR 1,000Lot 246 : Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, AzandeWilly Sand, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 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 3,800Lot 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 anymoreLot 249 : Bracelet
D. R. Congo, BakongoBelgian Collection, Brusselssold EUR 300Lot 250 : Standing female figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, BembeHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 251 : Standing female figure "mukuya" ("crypto-fetish")
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 3,000Lot 252 : Fine carved male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, BembeLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1977) Hans van Witteloostuyn, Delft, The Netherlands (1998) Jos Quodbach, Maastricht, The Netherlandssold EUR 2,900Lot 253 : Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
D. R. Congo, Bembe (eastern)Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,500Lot 254 : Female ancestor spirit mask
D. R. Congo, Bindji, UketeMarc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Group 2 Gallery, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 1,600Lot 255 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka/ SongolaFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Private Collection, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 11 November 2010, lot 50sold EUR 4,200Lot 256 : Tobacco pipe
D. R. Congo, Bwakanot available anymoreLot 257 : Miniature mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, ChokweZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20 May 2006, Lot 450sold EUR 400Lot 258 : Seated figure in Colon style
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lundanot available anymoreLot 259 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, HembaFrench Collection Issaka Zango, New York, USAsold EUR 3,000Lot 260 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba/ Bembe, Kuyu-GomaMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Walter Schweizer, Kastanienbaum, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,200Lot 261 : Old Pestle
D. R. Congo, Kuba-ShoowaPatrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 3,200