November 16, 2019

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Oceania and Asia. Works of African and European art from the 20th and 21st centuries. African weapons from the private collections of Hubert Pettenkofer and Dieter Schaffner. Contemporary Native American Art of the Hoffmann private collection (Part 2).

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Highlights

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Lot 3: Gold Hilt decorated with "Panhui" pattern, eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 256 B.C.)
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Lot 34: Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century
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Lot 40: Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni’oniha", 2nd half 19th century
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Lot 66: Portrait of a woman
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Lot 81: Rare and very early type of dance mask "kepong, before 1921
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Lot 89: Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
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Lot 91: Bust headdress "the young bride" - "zigiren wönde"
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Lot 98: Hunter mask "dana-na"
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Lot 100: Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
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Lot 112: Face mask "karan-wemba" of the "wango" society
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Lot 117: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
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Lot 122: Sitting male figure
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Lot 127: Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou"
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Lot 133: Mask "deangle"
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Lot 154: Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
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Lot 184: Headress "ogbom"
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Lot 188: Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
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Lot 193: Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
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Lot 196: Four-figured shrine sculpture
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Lot 197: Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
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Lot 201: Standing female figure
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Lot 212: Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child
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Lot 225: Commemorative maternity figure
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Lot 234: Reliquary head "nlo bieri"
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Lot 250: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 255: Rare female bowl-bearing figure "kabila mboko", 2nd half 19th century
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Lot 257: Early and rare helmet mask "nnup" or "inuba", before 1910
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Lot 308: Rare female (plank-) figure
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Lot 313: Mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 316: Mask "ndeemba"
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Lot 333: Throne stool with high backrest

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 162 : Gold weight: bird
Ghana, Akan
Lucien et M. van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 163 : Chief's ring with scorpion
Ghana, Ashanti
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 164 : Memorial head with artistic hairstyle
Ghana, Akan
Lionel Adenis, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
sold EUR 650
Lot 166 : Memorial head "mma"
Ghana, Akan, Kwahu
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27. November 2010, Lot 436 Ulrich Hoffmann, Aalen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 167 : Standing figure with skirt
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
not available anymore
Lot 168 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
German Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 169 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 400
Lot 170 : Fertility doll "akua'ba"
Ghana, Fante
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Fante
not available anymore
Lot 172 : Seated female figure
Ghana, Fante
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Pair of female twin figures "venavi"
Togo, Ewe, Agbagli Kossi (1934, Bé - 1994, Lomé)
sold EUR 400
Lot 174 : Anthropomorphic half figure with snake
Togo / Benin, Ewe or Aja / Fon
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium Ulrich Hoffmann, Aalen, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 175 : Standing female figure
Togo, Lamba / Tchamba
Dieter Schnurr, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 176 : Anthropomorphic figure "tchitcherik" or "cicilg"
Togo, Moba
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, Lot 275 Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 177 : Female post figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Amsterdam Collection, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Voodoo staff
Benin, Fon
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 179 : Altar figure
Nigeria, Benin, Edo
Old British Collection
not available anymore
Lot 180 : Original stand for a sacrificial bowl
Nigeria, Benin / Anago
Alfred Zenichowski, Berlin, Germany Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 07. September 2013, Lot 205 French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 181 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 182 : Anthropomorphic pseudo vessel "itinate"
Nigeria, Cham-Mwana
sold EUR 500
Lot 183 : Mask for the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
Iwanovski, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Headress "ogbom"
Nigeria, Eket / Igbo
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 185 : Rare mask "igri" or "okonkpo"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Rare mask "igri" or "okonkpo"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 187 : Rare calabash face mask "mbubu"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 250
Lot 188 : Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
Nigeria, Idoma / Boki
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 189 : Helmet mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Two dishes "okwa oji"
Nigeria, Idoma / Igbo
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Buffalo mask with articulated jaw
Nigeria, Igala / Idoma
Allan Stone, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 192 : Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 193 : Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Olivier Le Corneur (1906-1991) & Jean Roudillon, Paris, France Gordon Heath, New York, USA/ Paris Roger Bourahimou, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 194 : Rare animal skin mask
Nigeria, Igbo, Ezzamgbo
Allan Stone, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 195 : Two anthropomorphic masks "okoroshi ojo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Allan Stone, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 196 : Four-figured shrine sculpture
Nigeria, Igbo
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Marc Franklin, Portland, USA James Willis, San Francisco, USA Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1997, Lot 214
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
Nigeria, Igbo
British Collection German Private Collection Dorotheum, Vienna, 4 December 2018, Lot 81
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 198 : Chalk spoon with anthropomorphic head
Nigeria, Igbo
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
sold EUR 750
Lot 199 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo, Idoma or Igala
Collection Musée de Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
not available anymore
Lot 200 : Large water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw (Ijo) - Kalabari
San Francisco Collection, USA
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 201 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Benue, Jukun
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France James Willis, San Francisco, USA (2008) American private collection
not available anymore
Lot 202 : Standing male post figure
Nigeria, Mbembe
not available anymore
Lot 203 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol / Chamba
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 204 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Ian Auld (1926-2000), London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
James Willis, San Francisco, USA Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, Lot 253 Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 207 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Berea College Art Collection, Berea, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 208 : Mask with articulated jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA
sold EUR 300
Lot 210 : Original helmet mask "gelede" with banana stalk
Nigeria / Rep. Benin, Yoruba
Allan Stone, New York, USA Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 211 : Depiction of a Pied Crow "corvus albus" on the pole, pre 1910
Nigeria / Rep. Benin, Yoruba
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
sold EUR 650
Lot 212 : Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child
Nigeria, Yoruba
collected in situ in the late 1960s Willem E. Geyskens, Diest, Belgium Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Emile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium (1971) Charles M. Plotz, New York, USA
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 213 : Altar figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Private Collection
not available anymore