
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 262 : Elaborate carved palm wine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba/Dengesesold EUR 2,000Lot 263 : Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kubanot available anymoreLot 265 : Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba/ WongoJan Elsen, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 266 : Royal palm wine cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba KingdomEmile Jadot (collected in situ, around 1890) Guy Berbé, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 267 : Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole"
D. R. Congo, KumuGerman Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 24 November 2007, lot 195sold EUR 1,700Lot 268 : Anthropomorphic face mask "nsembu" or "ibole"
D. R. Congo, KumuAlex Arthur, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 269 : Head "kebe kebe"
D. R. Congo, KuyuJean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium Bernard Dulon, Paris, France Sulaiman Diane, New York, USA (1997) Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (2015)not available anymoreLot 271 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, LegaAccording to label on the backside collected in situ in the town of Kalima, Maniema Province, in 1942sold EUR 1,500Lot 272 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymoreLot 273 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Legasold EUR 1,400Lot 274 : Anthropomorphid mask "lukungu"
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymoreLot 275 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymoreLot 276 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, LegaDalton - Somaré, Milan, Italynot available anymoreLot 277 : Female half figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, LegaHan Coray, Zurich, Switzerland Sotheby's New Yorksold EUR 1,800Lot 278 : Anthropomorphic spoon "kalukili"
D. R. Congo, LegaPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium Finch & Co, London, Great Britainnot available anymoreLot 279 : Ritual figure of the "bukota" society
D. R. Congo, Lengolasold EUR 600Lot 280 : Fine worked miniature figure
D. R. Congo, Luba, Kiloko of KaminaJoseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 281 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Lubanot available anymoreLot 282 : Arrow rest/ bowstand "nsakakabemba"
D. R. Congo, LubaYannick van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 3,300Lot 283 : Power figure with magical charge
D. R. Congo, Luba/HembaJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998. Lot 79not available anymoreLot 284 : Ritual object
D. R. Congo, LubaHendrik Elias, Ghent, Belgium Elias was one of the first students to study African art and culture at Ghent University, where he earned a master's degree in 1948 with a thesis on Songe sculpture titled "De Plastiek in Basonge-stijl". Elias' primary professor was Frans Olbrechts, who was also the director of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale in Tervuren. This gave him an entree into the world of the museum and its early directors, Olbrechts and Albert Maesen. Later he became a dealer in African art, his career lasted for more than thirty years. He was well known to specialists in African art and was a valuable source of important objects.not available anymoreLot 285 : Friction oracle "kakishi" for "kashekesheke" divination rituals
D. R. Congo, Lubanot available anymoreLot 286 : Amulet "mikisi mihasi"
D. R. Congo, LubaBelgian Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 287 : Amulet figure
D. R. Congo, Lubasold EUR 300Lot 288 : Large round mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, LubaRobert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 2,000Lot 289 : Small male power figure "mbulenga"
D. R. Congo, LuluaRob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgiumsold EUR 1,600Lot 291 : Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, MangbetuWilly Sand, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 870Lot 292 : Folding Chair
D. R. Congo, MangbetuAlain Guisson, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 293 : Woman's skirt, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kwilu-Kwango River Basin, MbunColonial Collection, Antwerp Danny De Waele, Gent, Belgiumsold EUR 2,500Lot 294 : Figurally carved staff
D. R. Congo, MetokoGeorges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 295 : Rare mask with scarifications
D. R. Congo, Nandenot available anymoreLot 296 : Chieftains knife
D. R. Congo, NgombeA. Eckert, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 164 French Private Collectionsold EUR 200Lot 298 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo/ Songenot available anymoreLot 299 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikhoko"
D. R. Congo, PendeJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 300 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikhoko"
D. R. Congo, PendeBelgian Colonial Collectionnot available anymoreLot 301 : Ikhoko with arms
D. R. Congo, Pendenot available anymoreLot 302 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, PendeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 850Lot 303 : Antropomorphic drinking cup
D. R. Congo, PendeHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 610not available anymoreLot 304 : Axe
D. R. Congo, PendeHans Wende, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 600Lot 305 : Anthropo/ zoomorphic face mask "panya ngombe"
D. R. Congo, Pende, Eastcollected in situ, Kinshasa 1978 Georges Stoecklin, Juan les Pins, France Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 306 : Matt
D. R. Congo, Salampasunot available anymoreLot 307 : Flute with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, SongyeJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 500Lot 308 : Old and rare mask "kifwebe" with horns
D. R. Congo, SongyeHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1971) Eduard Hess (1921-2009), Basel/ Oberwil, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 246not available anymoreLot 309 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeEric Grate, Stockholm, Sweden Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Swedensold EUR 1,400Lot 310 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 600Lot 311 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 250Lot 312 : Miniature mask "kifwebe" ("kikashi")
D. R. Congo, SongyeJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 300Lot 313 : Small mask "kifwebe" ("kilume")
D. R. Congo, SongyeHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 314 : Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergnot available anymoreLot 315 : Miniature mask "kifwebe" ("kikashi")
D. R. Congo, Songyesold EUR 400