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"
1/5
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"
1/5
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 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