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.)
1/4
Lot 34
Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century
1/6
Lot 40
Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni’oniha", 2nd half 19th century
1/3
Lot 66
Portrait of a woman
1/5
Lot 81
Rare and very early type of dance mask "kepong, before 1921
1/6
Lot 89
Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
1/5
Lot 91
Bust headdress "the young bride" - "zigiren wönde"
1/7
Lot 98
Hunter mask "dana-na"
1/5
Lot 100
Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
1/6
Lot 112
Face mask "karan-wemba" of the "wango" society
1/4
Lot 117
Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
1/5
Lot 122
Sitting male figure
1/7
Lot 127
Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou"
1/4
Lot 133
Mask "deangle"
1/5
Lot 154
Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
1/6
Lot 184
Headress "ogbom"
1/5
Lot 188
Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
1/4
Lot 193
Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
1/7
Lot 196
Four-figured shrine sculpture
1/7
Lot 197
Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
1/7
Lot 201
Standing female figure
1/7
Lot 212
Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child
1/4
Lot 225
Commemorative maternity figure
1/5
Lot 234
Reliquary head "nlo bieri"
1/5
Lot 250
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
1/5
Lot 255
Rare female bowl-bearing figure "kabila mboko", 2nd half 19th century
1/6
Lot 257
Early and rare helmet mask "nnup" or "inuba", before 1910
1/9
Lot 308
Rare female (plank-) figure
1/5
Lot 313
Mask "kifwebe"
1/7
Lot 316
Mask "ndeemba"
1/8
Lot 333
Throne stool with high backrest

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 214
Post figure
Nigeria, Yoruba / Anago
Southern German Collection Gazelle d'Afrique, Passau, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 2. Juni 2012, Lot 352 German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 215
Large divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Poro, Bietigheim, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 216
Lid of an "ifa" divination box "opon igede Ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 217
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo area
German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 218
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 219
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 220
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 221
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin area / Kwara State
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 222
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo Ilorin
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 223
Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu Ode
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 224
Figural fragment of a traditional palace post
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki Tungo
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 225
Commemorative maternity figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 226
Protective figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Swiss Collection
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 227
Rare leader mask "n' kang" with metal coating
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
Werner Muensterberger, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 228
Couple of figures
Cameroon, Bane / Bulu
John Monroe, Nevada, USA
not available anymore
Lot 230
Two rare animal sculptures
Cameroon, Fang-Bulu or Bane
sold EUR 150
Lot 231
Two rare guardian figures, before 1914
Cameroon, Tikar
Old Colonial Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20. Mai 2006, Lot 279 French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 232
Anthropomorphic head
Gabon, Fang
French Colonial Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 233
Headdress "ngontang" ("white woman") with three faces
Gabon, Fang
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 234
Reliquary head "nlo bieri"
Gabon, Fang
Gaston Durville (1887-1971), Paris, France American Collection, New York, USA Pierre J. Langlois, Lille, France Marceau Rivière, Paris, France Blanchet & Associés, Paris, 21 September 2004, Lot 252 Collection de Saint-Cyprien, Ville de Saint-Cyprien, France (2017)
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 236
Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota
Robert F. Reiff, Vermont, USA Zemanek-Münster, 27 November 2010, Lot 506 Howard Nowes, New York, USA Private Collection, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 237
Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1970s) Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 24 June 1981, Lot 103 Simone Véliot (1948-2009), Boulogne Billancourt, France Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, Paris, France (2015)
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 238
Standing male ancestor figure "gheonga"
Gabon, Tsogho
John Monroe, Nevada, USA
not available anymore
Lot 239
Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
sold EUR 4,400
Lot 240
Artistically engraved calabash, around 1930
Madya, Benoit, Kitombe, D. R. Congo
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 241
Small female power figure
D. R. Congo, Manianga / Dondo
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 242
Female ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Baskasingo / Bembe (eastern) / Buyu
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11. Juli 2009, Lot 375 French Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 243
Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 244
Spoon
D. R. Congo, Boa
not available anymore
Lot 245
Spoon
D. R. Congo, Boa
Danny De Waele, Gent, Belgium
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 246
Anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Buye (Buyu, Boyo) / Basikasingo
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 247
Hunting whistle "kasengosengo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 248
Lamellophone "sanza" (thumb piano)
D. R. Congo, Chokwe / Kuba
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 249
Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo / Angola, Chokwe
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 250
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba, Niembo style
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1972)
not available anymore
Lot 251
Figural amulet
D. R. Congo, Hungana
not available anymore
Lot 252
Small power figure (crypto fetish)
D. R. Congo, Hungana
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
not available anymore
Lot 253
Two painted bark fabrics
D. R. Congo, Ituri Rainforest, Mbuti pygmy
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 254
Two bark paintings "pongo"
D. R. Congo, Ituri Rainforest, Mbuti pygmy
Jean-Pierre Hallet, Malibu, USA Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 255
Rare female bowl-bearing figure "kabila mboko", 2nd half 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium (1971) Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (1972) German Private Collection
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 256
Half figure with magical loading
D. R. Congo, Kasongo
Dutch Private Collection, 1980s Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 257
Early and rare helmet mask "nnup" or "inuba", before 1910
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Southern Kuba
Family Collection Linde, Ditzingen, Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 258
Bark cloth textile
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 259
Beaded girdle "yet" with nine pendants
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Rudi Schneider, Groß-Gerau, Germany Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 261
Large figural drinking cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Danny De Waele, Gent, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 262
Dance club (puppet head), vor 1914
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Old German Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 264
Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kwese
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 265
Anthropomorphic helmet mask
D. R. Congo, Kwese
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 267
Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 268
Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore