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