March 9, 2019

91 Tribal Art Auction

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Asia, Oceania and North America. Non-European art from international private collections. Royal arts of the Akan people from the Swiss collection of Roland Hartmann.

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Highlights

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Lot 24: Figure of a monk with beard, 19th century
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Lot 26: Head sculpture of "luohan", Sung Dynasty (960 -1279)
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Lot 28: Rare Imperial "Dragon" Throne Seat Cushion, 1850 - 1900
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Lot 36: Monster mask "Zeebad", 18th century or older
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Lot 46: War shield "yemes"
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Lot 49: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 64: Anthropomorphic amulet pendant "hei-tiki", 19th century
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Lot 93: Maternité
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Lot 105: Standing female figure with receptacle
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Lot 107: Hyena or cheetah mask
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Lot 118: Male head sculpture "mma"
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Lot 119: Male face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
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Lot 120: Sitting male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 129: Anthropo-/ zoomorphic mask "n'gré (or glé)"
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Lot 139: Beautiful female mask "gu" with animal horns
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Lot 147: Staff "tefalipitya"
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Lot 154: Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
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Lot 155: Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
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Lot 158: Pendant with mask
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Lot 161: Pendant in shape of a lizard
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Lot 163: Ornament pendant in form of a ram head
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Lot 167: Chief's ring "mpetea" with "starbursts"
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Lot 183: Chief's ring "mpetea" with mudfish
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Lot 203: Memorial head of the brasscasters guild, 18th - 19th century
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Lot 209: Standing male figure
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Lot 224: Standing male figure "ihambe"
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Lot 268: Large helmet-shaped buffalo mask "nya"
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Lot 279: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
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Lot 281: Male reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
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Lot 285: Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
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Lot 286: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu", before 1929
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Lot 288: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 289: Staff half figure "baké", around 1900
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Lot 303: Nail Fetish "nkisi n'kondi"
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Lot 304: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 335: Small power figure "mbulenga"
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Lot 355: Power half figure "nkisi"
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Lot 372: Caryatid stool
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Lot 382: Cloak "lembd" and headband "anfarro" of a General's uniform
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Lot 383: Magnificent shield "tafa gassa", late 19th century

91 Tribal Art Auction

Lot 106 : Headdress "koni kun"
Mali, Bamana
Jürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 107 : Hyena or cheetah mask
Mali, Dogon
Leonard Kahan, Montclair, USA
not available anymore
Lot 108 : Fine worked figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Ettore Guggenbühl, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 109 : Anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Dogon
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 110 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 300
Lot 111 : Ladder "wagem bilu" ("soul ladder")
Mali, Dogon
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 850
Lot 112 : Anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Djenne
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany (1974)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 113 : Couple
Burkina Faso, Lobi - Puguli
Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 114 : Female figure with two children
Burkina Faso, Lobi
André Kirbach, Düssedorf, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 115 : Fancy rifle-form hunting flute
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 116 : Fertility doll "biga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 117 : Fertility doll "biga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
not available anymore
Lot 118 : Male head sculpture "mma"
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni / Sanwi, Krinjabo area
Marcel Lheureux, France Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), Paris / New York, USA Parke-Bernett Galleries, New York, 2nd Session: 29 April 1966, lot 141 (not illustrated)
Price EUR 4,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 119 : Male face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
sold EUR 5,600
Lot 120 : Sitting male figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maurice Ratton, Paris, France Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 121 : Seated male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1936) Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 122 : Standing male figure with spear
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 123 : Standing figure "waka sona"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 124 : Standing male colon figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Michel de Mol, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 125 : Door/ shutter "anuan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 126 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 127 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 128 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 129 : Anthropo-/ zoomorphic mask "n'gré (or glé)"
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/ Zurich, Nigeria/ Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 130 : Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" or "wunkirmian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Private Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 131 : Mask with tubular eyes and large nose
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 132 : Face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Diomande
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 133 : Face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Mano
Jean Zimmermann, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 134 : Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (1966) Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2006) Zemanek-Münster, 15 November 2008, lot 192 American Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 135 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Mâitre Loiseau, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
not available anymore
Lot 136 : Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Yacouba
Private Collection, France
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 137 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Zemanek-Münster, 11 July 2009, lot 208 Jean-Hugues Rinck, Haguenau, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 138 : Standing female figure "mi iri nä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 139 : Beautiful female mask "gu" with animal horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 140 : Four figural amulets / talismans
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 141 : Three figural amulets / talismans
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango / Loron
sold EUR 750
Lot 142 : Two figural amulets/ talismans
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
sold EUR 530
Lot 143 : Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
New York Collection
not available anymore
Lot 144 : Male altar figure "ndeo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Coulibaly workshop
Mamadou Silla ("Grand Silla"), Bamako, Mali (1960) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 145 : Female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 146 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Anita Suhr (1900-1991), German painter, Hamburg (1980)
sold EUR 600
Lot 147 : Staff "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Eberhard Voigt, Münster, Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 148 : Two bird sculptures "sejen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Old French Collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 149 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 53
sold EUR 300
Lot 150 : Heddle pulley with kalao bird head
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 240
Lot 152 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
Waltraud Sänger (1928-2017), Marbach am Neckar, Germany Sänger was a German jewelry designer and artist. With her husband Walter Sänger she founded the company "SängerHammer", which was renamed in 1952 to "SängerForm" and which was one of the first costume jewellery factories after the war. Fashion magazines like Vogue show models wearing "SängerForm" jewelry.
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 153 : Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 650
Lot 154 : Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 155 : Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 156 : Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,800