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 261 : Ritual staff "opa orere" or "opa osun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland · Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 500
Lot 262 : Ritual staff "opa osanyin" or "opa erinle"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland · Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 300
Lot 263 : Ritual staff "opa osanyin" or "opa erinle"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland · Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 450
Lot 264 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Bambuluwe
Not available anymore
Lot 265 : Royal stool with leopard caryatid
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany · Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany
Sold EUR 550
Lot 266 : Prestige horn
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,100
Lot 267 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Kom
Franco Monti, Milan, Italy · Carlo Monzino, Castagnola, Italy · Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium (2016)
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 268 : Large helmet-shaped buffalo mask "nya"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke area, Batcham or Baleng Region
Pierre Harter, Paris, France · Mercedes & David Serra, Barcelona, Spain · Christie’s Paris, 23 June 2016, lot 258 · Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 269 : Mask "ngoin"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 370
Sold EUR 450
Lot 270 : Power figure with drinking horn
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
American Collection · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 271 : Male power figure with beard "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Batie
Olivier Larroque, Nimes, France (2015)
Not available anymore
Lot 272 : Small power figure "mu po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 273 : Equestrian
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Wolf Röhricht, Berlin/Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, lot 333 · Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Sold EUR 550
Lot 274 : Chief's figure, before 1914
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bagam
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany · Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany · Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 275 : Bracelet
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 276 : Figure of a male dignitary with trophee head
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
Not available anymore
Lot 277 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Koller, Zurich, 20 June 2011, lot 246 · Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 278 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
Gudrun Eisenberg, Blankenberg, Germany · Grudrun Eisenberg descends from the old Saxon dynasty “von Trotha” with the same-named ancestral seat “Burg Trotha” in todays Halle-Trotha.
Sold EUR 4,600
Lot 279 : Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Cameroon, Bangwa
American Collection, Florida
Price
EUR 20,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 280 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Bangwa / Bamileke
Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 281 : Male reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
North Gabon / Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Fang - Ntumu region
collected in situ, French Congo / North Gabon, 1930-1940 · French Family Estate · Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France · Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 282 : Anthropomorphic face mask, before 1920
Gabon, Fang
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 283 : Sword with scabbard
Gabon, Fang
Old British Collection · David Patty, Great Britain
Not available anymore
Lot 284 : Knife with wood handle and decorating tags
Gabon, Fang
German Collection
Sold EUR 850
Lot 285 : Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
Gabon, Kota
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 286 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu", before 1929
Gabon, Kota
Family Estate, France (brought to France in 1929) · Christie’s, Paris, 8 December 2004, lot 184 · Gerald Dannenberg, New York, USA · Richard Hodosh, New York, USA · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Sold EUR 4,950
Lot 287 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota - Ndassa
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
Sold EUR 4,800
Lot 288 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota - Obamba, Okondja Region
collected before 1960 · American Missionary, Pennsylvania · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 289 : Staff half figure "baké", around 1900
Gabon, Tsogho
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 290 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Soko / Lokele
Not available anymore
Lot 291 : Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, Azande
Not available anymore
Lot 292 : Storied staff
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Not available anymore
Lot 293 : Spoon and fork
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Sold EUR 300
Lot 294 : Pipe with figural engravings
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Not available anymore
Lot 295 : Anthropo-/ zoomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Eastern Bembe / Goma
Jan Baum and J. Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 296 : Zoomorphic headdress
D. R. Congo, Budja
Belgian Collection (1991)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 297 : Large figural harp
D. R. Congo, Bwaka (Ngbaka)
Not available anymore
Lot 298 : Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Joseph and Doris Gerofsky, New York, USA · John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 299 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden · Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 300 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 301 : Masked figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 302 : Ceremonial club/ scepter "khunya"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 303 : Nail Fetish "nkisi n'kondi"
D. R. Congo, Dondo / Kamba / Bwende
Erik Berlin, Malmö, Sweden (1950’s) · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA · Maureen Zarember, New York City, USA
Price
EUR 18,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 304 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Jan Baum and J. Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Sold EUR 6,500
Lot 305 : Ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, lot 398 · Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 306 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Hungana
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 307 : Painted bark cloth
D. R. Congo, Ituri Rainforest, Mbuti pygmy
Private Collection, Finland
Sold EUR 350
Lot 308 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba / Luntu
Not available anymore
Lot 309 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Western Kasai
Ursula und Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 310 : Pipe with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ, 1959
Not available anymore