March 7, 2020

94th Tribal Art Auction

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Oceania, Asia and America. The Stockholm Tribal Art Collection of Peter Willborg (special catalogue). Art works from Africa and Oceani from the Swiss private collection of Walter Stanley Schwab. Pre-Columbian artworks from the German private collection of Anna Maria Posset.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Headrest with classical ancestral representations
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Lot 15: Helmet mask "ndoli jowei" of the "sande" (or "bundu") society
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Lot 34: Mask with tubular eyes
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Lot 40: Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
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Lot 43: Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
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Lot 46: Mask with articulated lower jaw "karikpo"
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Lot 52: Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
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Lot 71: Standing male figure "mukuya"
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Lot 72: Standing female figure "mukuya"
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Lot 73: Kneeling female figure with child
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Lot 75: Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona")
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Lot 76: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti" with hoe
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Lot 77: Power figure "nkisi nkondi"
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Lot 82: Power figure "buti"
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Lot 98: Janus figure with prominent coiffure
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Lot 104: Delicate head- / neckrest "mutsago"
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Lot 122: Rare war headdress "painale"
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Lot 133: Standing female figure, ca. 500-900 AD
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Lot 136: Sitting figure of the "Baby Face" type, ca. 1000-800 BC
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Lot 141: "Hacha" in shape of a human skull in profile, ca. 500-950 AD
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Lot 181: Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
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Lot 191: Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
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Lot 199: Grave figure "ntadi" in reflective posture ("fumani")
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Lot 200: Power Figure "nkisi / nkishi"
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Lot 210: Rare mask "okobuzogui"
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Lot 216: Staff with female figure "solima bere"
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Lot 227: Beautiful portrait mask "ndoma"
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Lot 229: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
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Lot 232: Maternité
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Lot 240: Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head and bowl
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Lot 245: Seated female figure
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Lot 248: Face mask "bla" (ram) or "tu bodu" (bush cow)
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Lot 252: Fetish object "bochio" with eight figures
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Lot 253: Anthropomorphic mask
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Lot 267: Male dance crest "aku wunu"
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Lot 273: Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?)
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Lot 276: Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
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Lot 279: Anthropomorphic mask
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Lot 286: Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
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Lot 292: Rare reliquary figure "éyéma-o-byéri"
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Lot 296: Anthropomorphic dance crest "mbaing"
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Lot 331: Staff of office "kibango"
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Lot 343: Female kifwebe" mask "kikashi"
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Lot 345: Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
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Lot 355: Female power figure "nkisi", before 1904
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Lot 359: Chief's stool with female caryatid figure
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Lot 360: Male ancestor spirit mask "chihongo"
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Lot 363: Chief's throne with figural decoration

94th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 51 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji", probably 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Kathy van der Pas & Steven van de Raadt, Rotterdam (1990s) Hans Warren, Goes, The Netherlands & Mario Molegraaf, The Netherlands (1999) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 52 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Otmaro Silva, Venezuela, South America (coll. in situ, 1965-68, when he served as Venezuelan ambassador in Nigeria) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 53 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) area / Kwara-State
Helge Persson, Mölndal, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 800
Lot 54 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan-Modakeke area
Danish Private Collection Limhamns Auktionsbyrå, Malmö, Sweden (2017) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 700
Lot 55 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1965/66) Poul Mørk, Copenhagen, Denmark Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, Lot 64 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 900
Lot 56 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede
presumably Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1960s) Private Collection, South Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 450
Lot 57 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu Ode
collected in situ by a British civil servant working in Nigeria 1958 to 1962 Finch & Co, London, 2007 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 900
Lot 58 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilobu
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1975) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 59 : Standing figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 60 : Throwing knife and prestige object "za", before 1898
Central African Republic / Cameroon, Gbaya
William Downing Webster (1863-1913), Bicester, United Kingdom, 1898 Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, Dorset, United Kingdom (acquired in 1898) Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1975) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2014)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 61 : Throwing knife "za"
Central African Republic / Cameroon, Gbaya
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1970s) Eddie Stenberg, Stockholm, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2014)
sold EUR 250
Lot 62 : Sickle knife "enono" or "asumbi"
D. R. Congo, Benge / Boa / Bandia / Nsakara
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 350
Lot 63 : Axe "ovunebokui"
Gabon / Cameroon, Southern Fang
Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Denmark (ca. 1995) Sven-Erik Johansson, Varberg, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 650
Lot 64 : Knife with sheath "bakatwa"
Zimbabwe, Shona or Batonka, Zambezi Valley, south of Lake Kariba
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1969 or 1970) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (ca. 1984)
sold EUR 350
Lot 65 : Club ("knobkerrie") "ishungu", walking stick or dance wand
South Africa, Zulu
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 450
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 66 : Ceremonial axe
Nigeria, Tiv
Swedish Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, Lot 276 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 800
Lot 67 : Sickle knife "trumbash", "dupa", "mambele"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 700
Lot 68 : Short sword "fa" with sheath
Gabon, Fang
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 400
Lot 69 : Two short swords "fa"
Gabon, Fang
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 70 : Ritual staff of the "khimba" initiation society
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 800
Lot 71 : Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1994)
sold EUR 9,500
Lot 72 : Standing female figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 3,700
Lot 73 : Kneeling female figure with child
D. R. Congo, Bwende / Dondo
Anders & Signe Walder, Swedish missionaries in the Lower Congo area (coll. in situ, 1902-22) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 74 : Hunting whistle "kasengosengo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium (1999) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 75 : Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona")
D. R. Congo, Luba
Walter Lechner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sekou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 76 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti" with hoe
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba
Ivan Dierickx, Brussels, Belgium (ca.1970-75) Loed van Bussel, The Hague, The Netherlands Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk (1912-1979), Rotterdam, The Netherlands By inheritance through the family, seller 1980 Christie's, South Kensington, 22 October 1980, Lot 133 Victor Skipp, Hopton, Suffolk, England Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, England Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 392 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 77 : Power figure "nkisi nkondi"
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Carl Niklas Börrisson (1862-1928), Missionary from the Swedish Evangelical Mission - "Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stiftelsen" (coll. in situ, between 1894 -1907/08) Börrisson Family Estate, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1991)
sold EUR 8,300
Lot 78 : Rare stool "mpona" or "kipona"
D. R. Congo, Luba / Kusu
Swedish Collection Jyrki Lammi, Helsinki, Finland Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 79 : Female power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (acquired in Burundi, 1987) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 80 : Female power figure "bwanga bwa bwimpe" or "(m)bulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua / Luntu
Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium Moctar Touré, Conakry, Guinea Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 500
Lot 81 : Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Pool Malebo Area, Teke
Sune Gustafsson (1928-2016), Stockholm, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 82 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Felix Novack (-1982), Polish/ Swedish surgeon Novack Family Estate Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (ca. 1983) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden Novack mainly collected between 1930 and 1950. Max Willborg acquired the Teke figure from Felix's widow ca.1983.
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 83 : Power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1989, Lot 169 Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 84 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1973) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 750
Lot 85 : Beautiful miniature fetish figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1996)
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 86 : Womens stool "nobarra, before 1896
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Axel Svinhufvud (1867-1939), Västerås/Stockholm, Sweden (coll. in situ, 1893-1896) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 500
Lot 87 : Lidded box "ngondo" (moon), before 1910
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Swedish Sea Captain from Skåne (coll. in situ and brought to Sweden before 1910) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 450
Lot 88 : Bowl, palmwine cup and container for gunpowder
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Axell Seve (1907-1982), Sweden (a) Belgian Private Collection, Anderlecht (b) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (a/b/c)
sold EUR 475
Lot 89 : Prestige axe "kilonda" or "kasuyu"
D. R. Congo, Songe / Nsapo
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 90 : Prestige axe "kilonda" or "kasuyu"
D. R. Congo, Songe / Nsapo
Örndahl, Sweden Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 200
Lot 91 : Prestige knife with copper blade, before 1896
D. R. Congo, Topoke / Lokele / Mba
Axel Svinhufvud (1867-1939), Västerås/Stockholm, Sweden (coll. in situ, 1893-1896) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 150
Lot 92 : Sword knife
D. R. Congo, Songye
Louise Peyron or Edgar Reuterskiöld, Sweden Irène Hatz Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 300
Lot 93 : Dance and status sword "ilwoon" or "ilondo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1974) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 150
Lot 94 : Throwing knife
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Mabo
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 450
Lot 95 : Short sword "pamba"
D. R. Congo, Yakoma
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 250
Lot 96 : Sickle knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 250
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 97 : Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Kafunga (Lualaba), Pende
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1976) Eddie Stenberg, Stockholm, Sweden (late 1970s- 2011) Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 98 : Janus figure with prominent coiffure
Angola / D. R. Congo, Border area, Ukwango Region, Kwese
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 99 : Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana pwo"
Angola / Zambia, Luena / Luvale / Luchazi
Marceau Rivière, Paris, France Amsterdam Collection, The Netherlands Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 900
Lot 100 : Convolute: neckrest, miniature drum and pipe
Ethiopia, Sudan, South East Africa
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Price EUR 500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance