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 311 : Pipe with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ, 1959
Not available anymore
Lot 312 : Drinking horn for palm wine
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Not available anymore
Lot 313 : Palm wine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 315 : Club-knife
D. R. Congo, Kuba (Bangoli)
Jos Walscharts, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 550
Lot 317 : Eight textiles "bilaam"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa / Bushoong
Roger de Vloo, Belgian missionary (collected in situ)
Not available anymore
Lot 318 : Six small textiles "bilaam"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa / Bushoong
Roger de Vloo, Belgian missionary (collected in situ) · De Vloo (born 1915) entered the order of the White Fathers in 1934. He travelled to Congo in 1946 to shoot documentaries about the congregation with the assistance of the Africa-Films production company. While he lived in Kivu, from 1947 to 1967, he filmed near to seventy films.
Not available anymore
Lot 319 : Male power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Kusu / Luba
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany · Günther Filla, Bochum, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 320 : Female half figure
D. R. Congo, Kwese
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 321 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 322 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Sold EUR 625
Lot 323 : Sitting female bowl bearing figure "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Alain Guisson / Yannick Van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgium (2008)
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 324 : Female bowl figure "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 325 : Seated female figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 326 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba / Kusu
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 327 : Female power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 328 : Male power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
German Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 329 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 330 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 331 : Finial of a staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 332 : Neckrest
D. R. Congo, Luba
Belgian Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 333 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 386
Sold EUR 500
Lot 334 : Crouching figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 335 : Small power figure "mbulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 336 : Engraved horn
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu / Azande, "Zaza"
Jacques Billen, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 337 : Seated female figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Coll. James M. Silberman (1913-2016), Alexandria, Virginia , USA
Not available anymore
Lot 338 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Charles Wesley Hourdé, Paris, France (2005/06) · Zemanek-Münster, Wurzburg, 31 October 2015, lot 473 · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 3,800
Lot 339 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi / Yakoma
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 340 : Basketry shield
D. R. Congo, Ngombe / Poto
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 341 : Divination implement "galukoji"
D. R. Congo, Pende, Kwilu-Kasai
Christie’s, Paris, 16 June 2009, lot 276
Not available anymore
Lot 342 : Face mask with plank-shaped superstructure
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA · Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 343 : Mask "fumu" or "pumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Ringart, Lyon, France
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 344 : Mask "pumbu" (the executioner)
D. R. Congo, Pende
Cecile Kerner, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 345 : Mask "giwoyo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
Not available anymore
Lot 346 : Mask "muyombo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 280
Lot 347 : Pendant "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 348 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Not available anymore
Lot 349 : Face mask "munyangi" or "kindjinga"
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 350 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Rungu / Lungu
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany · Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany (2009) · Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 700
Lot 351 : Warrior mask "kasangu"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 352 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Songye
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, lot 469 · Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 353 : Maskette of the "bwadi bwa kifwebe" society
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 354 : Female kifwebe" mask "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
John J. Klejman, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 355 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 356 : Power figure "nkisi" with animal horn
D. R. Congo, Songe / Tetela
Julien A. Quackelbeen, Ghent, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 358 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Not available anymore
Lot 359 : Mask "kaseba" of the "n-khanda" initiation
D. R. Congo, Suku
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 360 : Male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 600
Lot 361 : Large male figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
German Colonial Collection · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (2006) · Zemanek-Münster, Würzbvurg, 24 November 2007, lot 239 · Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 362 : Rare face mask
D. R. Congo, Tale (Lega), Maniema area
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 363 : Standing male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Edward J. Klejman, Paris, France
Not available anymore