October 24, 2020

95th Tribal Art Auction

African, Oceanic & pre-Columbian Art. Art works from European private collections. Selected works of art from the collections of Günther Hartmann (Berlin), Rolf Huisgen (Munich), Knud Nielsen (Jelling) and Edmondo Trombetta (Monza)

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Highlights

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Lot 19: Orator's pulpit "kawa teget"
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Lot 29: Dance crest "rom" for the "rom kòn" ceremony, 19th/ 20th century
1/6
Lot 57: Stirrup-spouted vessel with sacrificial scene
1/5
Lot 74: Big protective figure "bateba phuwe"
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Lot 78: Very rare pair of ancestor figures
1/8
Lot 88: Shrine figure "ikenga"
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Lot 90: Palace post "opo"
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Lot 95: Early male ancestor spirit figure
1/7
Lot 96: Lid of a ritual vessel with equestrian figure
1/8
Lot 98: Rare male figure
1/5
Lot 117: Pair of figures "lü mä"
1/5
Lot 121: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
1/5
Lot 151: Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
1/8
Lot 152: Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla", 19th/20th century
1/7
Lot 153: Seated male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 154: Standing female figure "asie usu"
1/7
Lot 159: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
1/3
Lot 179: Rare courtly shrine figure, 17th/18th century
1/5
Lot 263: Mask "idimu" of the "bwami" society
1/6
Lot 301: Twin figure "mpundu"
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Lot 306: Maternité "phemba" ("pfemba")
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Lot 308: Male power figure "nkisi" or memorial figure, before 1914
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Lot 309: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"

95th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 103 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Arne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark · Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 104 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin, Oyo
Arne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark · Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 850
Lot 105 : Very rare double figure, before 1910
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo / Bakundu
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark · Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 4,800
Lot 106 : Rare male headdress "ndim"
Cameroon, Tikar
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, Lot 188 · presumably Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark · Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 107 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask
D. R. Congo, Kete
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 108 : Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Price
EUR 2,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 109 : Snuff container
Tanzania, Makonde
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark
Sold EUR 200
Lot 110 : Rare equestrian figure with elephant "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 111 : Head sculpture "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Not available anymore
Lot 112 : Seated figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 900
Lot 113 : Beautiful helmet mask "ndoli jowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 114 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 115 : Horn/ trumpet ("Olifant")
Sierra Leone, Mende
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy · Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italy
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 116 : Magnificent horn/ trumpet ("Olifant")
Sierra Leone, Mende
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy · Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italy
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 117 : Pair of figures "lü mä"
Liberia, southwestern Dan, Nuopie, Son (Zon) (ca. 1910/20-1985)
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy (coll. in situ 1978-80)
Not available anymore
Lot 118 : Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society
Liberia, Bassa
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy (coll. in situ, 1978-80)
Not available anymore
Lot 119 : Anthropomorphic face mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland · Christie’s, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 100 · Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 120 : Seated figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland · Christie’s, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 125 · Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Not available anymore
Lot 121 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota, Ndassa
René (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland · Christie’s, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 178 · Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 122 : Miniature mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, France
Not available anymore
Lot 123 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 124 : Very rare helmet mask "a-rong-a-thoma" ("araung etoma" or "athoma")
Sierra Leone, Temne
American Collection
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 125 : Body mask of "poro" society
Guinea, Koranko
American Collection
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 126 : Islamic Manuscript
Mali, Timbuktu
Herford, Essen, Germany · Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany (acquired 2005)
Sold EUR 650
Lot 127 : Hyaena mask "suruku koun" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 8 November 1980, Lot 5 · Dieter Fichtner, Munich, Germany · Neumeister, Munich, 16 November 2006, Lot 17 · Dr. Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Neumeister, Munich, 15 October 2009, Teil 2, Lot 1184 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,100
Lot 128 : Antelope headdress "tjiwara" with anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Bamana
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 129 : Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
Not available anymore
Lot 130 : Figural carved post of a "togu na"
Mali, Dogon
Sold EUR 700
Lot 131 : Soul ladder "wagem bilu"
Mali, Dogon
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 132 : Figure with raised arms
Mali, Dogon
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1969) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 130
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 133 : Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
Mali, Dogon
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland · Swedish Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 134 : Male figure with necklace
Mali, Dogon
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium · Galerie Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1983) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 135
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 135 : Mixed lot ceramic objects
Mali, Inland Niger Delta / Djenne
Herford, Essen, Germany, acquired in Djenne, 2001 (a) · Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 136 : Helmet mask with flat sagittal crest "bolo"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Sold EUR 800
Lot 137 : Blacksmith's mask "hombo" or "kobiay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa, Houndé
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 138 : Very rare figural stool
Burkina Faso, Kurumba
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 139 : Female protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1997)
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 140 : Standing male shrine figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi, Puguli (Pougouli)
Gabriel Massa (1923-2011), France/ Burkina Faso · Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 141 : Rooster mask "wan-noraogo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi, Ouagadougou style
Sold EUR 350
Lot 142 : Headdress "zazaigo" with antelope
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Sold EUR 500
Lot 143 : Convolute fertility dolls "biiga
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Herford, Essen, Germany, acquired in Ougadougou 2001 (b) / 2002 (a) · Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 144 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (2012) · Pierluigi Peroni, Gallarate, Italy
Sold EUR 500
Lot 145 : Hornbill mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
British Collection (1960s/70s)
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 146 : Stone stele with relief figure
Burkina Faso, Nyonyosi
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 147 : Anthropomorphic miniature metal mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Akan
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland · Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 148 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1982) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 136
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 149 : Receptacle with anthropomorphic lid "kwle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 150 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Charles B. Davis, New Orleans, USA (coll. in situ, 1983) · Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 151 : Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France · Claude Vérité, Paris, France · Sylvie Vérité, Paris, France · Christie’s Paris, 3 December 2015, Lot 53
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 152 : Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla", 19th/20th century
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mrs. Benzinger (deceased in 2009), Solothurn, Switzerland · Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium (2009)
Sold EUR 11,000