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 207 : Zoomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Boki
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 800
Lot 208 : Standing figure with turned head
Nigeria, Chamba
Price
EUR 450

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 209 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Chamba / Vere / Goemai
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA · Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Not available anymore
Lot 210 : Small mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (1958)
Not available anymore
Lot 211 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Gwari / Afo
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium (2007)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 212 : Pair of puppets
Nigeria, Ibibio
Dutch Private Collection
Price
EUR 3,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 213 : Sceptre with janus head
Nigeria, Eket / Ibibio
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 214 : Figural headdress
Nigeria, Ogoni / Ibibio
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Price
EUR 5,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 215 : "Ekpo" society mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1959)
Not available anymore
Lot 216 : Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 109 · Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2000) · Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 217 : Mask with articlulated jaw "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
New York Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 218 : Seated male figure with pipe
Nigeria, Igbo / Idoma
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 220 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Not available anymore
Lot 221 : Three door panels "ilekun"
Nigeria, Nupe, in the style of "Sakiwa from Lapai"
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 222 : Antelope mask "karikpo" with leather ears
Nigeria, Ogoni
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 223 : Mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" (spirit)
Nigeria, Ogoni
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 224 : Standing male figure "ihambe"
Nigeria, Tiv
Martien Coppens, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 8,200
Lot 225 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv / Igala
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 228 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 230 : Janiform headdress "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 248
Sold EUR 200
Lot 231 : Body mask "aboyun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ketterer, Munich, 11 April 1992, lot 156 A
Sold EUR 400
Lot 232 : Figure with bowl "olumeye"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Price
EUR 200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 233 : Colon figure: Horse and european rider
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark · Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, lot 333 · Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 234 : Monkey sculpture with drum
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 235 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilorin
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Klaus Hochapfel, Darmstadt, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 236 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 300
Lot 237 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 428
Sold EUR 500
Lot 238 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 239 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with cowry shell cap
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Klaus Hochapfel, Darmstadt, Germany
Sold EUR 900
Lot 240 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 241 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Klaus Hochapfel, Darmstadt, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 242 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 426
Sold EUR 650
Lot 243 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, Lot 131
Sold EUR 450
Lot 244 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 131
Sold EUR 350
Lot 245 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Kwara State, Egbe
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 246 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke Area
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Klaus Hochapfel, Darmstadt, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 247 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Michael Oliver, New York, USA
Sold EUR 900
Lot 248 : Female twin figure
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, Lot 425
Sold EUR 300
Lot 249 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany · Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Wurzburg, 15. November 2008, lot 92 · Koller, Zurich, 20. Juni 2011, lot 204
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 250 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Wurzburg, 14 March 2009, lot 261 · Koller, Zurich, 20 June 2011, lot 206
Sold EUR 450
Lot 251 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Onakunle Aribikona of Gbongan (died 1970), Ife, Nigeria
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 252 : Pair of "eshu" dance wands
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sold EUR 500
Lot 253 : Dance staff "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 254 : Divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 400
Lot 255 : Divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 400
Lot 256 : Large divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 600
Lot 257 : Divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiss, Munich, Germany (1986)
Sold EUR 250
Lot 258 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Price
EUR 300

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 259 : Divination container "opon igede ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 260 : Divination container "opon igede ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 650