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 213 : Female antelope headdress with fawn "tjiwara" or "sogonikun"
Mali, Bamana
Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, France
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Monkey mask "ngon" or "sulaw" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Lorenz, Leipzig, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, Lot 56
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 215 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500
Lot 216 : Staff with female figure "solima bere"
Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region, Kolondiéba circle, village Fakola
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 217 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Dogon
Erik de Backer, Brussels, Belgium (late 1960s)
sold EUR 600
Lot 218 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Spitzmüller, Berlin, Germany Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 27 German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 219 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Jérome (Jerry) Vogel (1933-2014), New York City, USA
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 220 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon-Tomo kä, Seno-Gondo Plain
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France (2016)
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 221 : Bird sculpture "lumbr"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi - Birifor
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 3 July 2007, Lot 134 (offered as male/female couple) Christof Vonderau, Berlin, Germany Rainer Berner, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Heinz Voss, Velbert, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 224 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Heinz Voss, Velbert, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 225 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron / Bron (Bono)
American Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 226 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi / Bété / Djimini
German Private Collection Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 227 : Beautiful portrait mask "ndoma"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Roger Bédiat, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
sold EUR 4,800
Lot 228 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Edgar Beer, Brussels, Belgium (1976) Dr. Oettli, Switzerland Koller, Geneva, 26 June 2013, Lot 119 Private Collection, Berlin, Germany (2014) Markus Gunti, Berlin, Germany (2016) Christian Kennert, Potsdam, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 229 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Christie's Paris, 15 June 2010, Lot 24
not available anymore
Lot 230 : Face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany French Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 231 : Face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 232 : Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Will Hoogstraate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sotheby's London, 3 July 1961, lot 128 Gunther Bloch (1916-2004), London, Great Britain Zemanek-Münster, 9 March 2013, Lot 291
sold EUR 9,000
Lot 233 : Seated female figure "waka sona", "asie usu" type
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Siegfried und Johanna Fügener, Stuttgart, Germany (acquired in the 1960s/80s)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 234 : Standing female figure "blolo bla" or "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 235 : Female figure "waka sona"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Guro
Manfred Emil Georg Schwarz (1914-1980), Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 236 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 237 : Anthropomorphic face mask "bagle" or "zakpai" ("fire guardian")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
not available anymore
Lot 238 : Miniature mask "ma go" ("small head")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 239 : Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan - Yacouba
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 240 : Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head and bowl
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Louis Carré (1897-1977), Paris, France René Rasmussen, Paris, France (1971) Leo & Karin van Oosterom, The Hague, The Netherlands Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dirk Uythof, The Hague, The Netherlands (1983-2018)
not available anymore
Lot 241 : Zoomorphic mask "siginkura-ayna"
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini / Ligbi
British Collection
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 242 : Anthropo-/ zoomorphic face mask of the "poro" society
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré / Wobé
French Private Collection
sold EUR 850
Lot 243 : Bird finial "sejen" of a cult staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 63
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 244 : Four protective amulets with figural couple "ngaabele"
Côte d'Ivoire / Burkina Faso, Senufo
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (coll. in the 1960s)
sold EUR 900
Lot 245 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Udo Neubauer, Altendiez, Germany
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 246 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Collection, Avignon
not available anymore
Lot 247 : Standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Joachim Herrmann, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 248 : Face mask "bla" (ram) or "tu bodu" (bush cow)
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Drissa Diane, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 249 : Memorial head "mma"
Ghana, Akan, Kwahu
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5. März 2011, Lot 192 Ulrich Hoffmann, Aalen, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Memorial head
Ghana, Akan
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 251 : Goldweight: buffalo
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 450
Lot 252 : Fetish object "bochio" with eight figures
Benin, Fon
Private New York Collection, USA Wilbur & Linda Tuggle, Chicago, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA W.Tuggle (deceased 1998) was one of Chicago's leading collectors of African and African-American art.
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 253 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Iyekhoriomo Area, Edo-Bini
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy
sold EUR 4,300
Lot 254 : Mask for the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
not available anymore
Lot 255 : Large disc-shaped deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio / Eket
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75)
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Anthropomorphic mask with articulated lower jaw "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
German Private Collection, Munich
not available anymore
Lot 258 : Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Ibibio / Efik or Efut
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma / Boki
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 260 : Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 March 2017, Lot 263
not available anymore
Lot 261 : Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75)
not available anymore
Lot 262 : Expressive buffalo mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 264 : Figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Gerbrand Luttik, Soest, The Netherlands Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore