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)
Highlights
Lot 19: Orator's pulpit "kawa teget"
Lot 88: Shrine figure "ikenga"
Lot 90: Palace post "opo"
Lot 98: Rare male figure
Lot 117: Pair of figures "lü mä"
Lot 153: Seated male figure "asie usu"
Lot 154: Standing female figure "asie usu"
Lot 159: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Lot 301: Twin figure "mpundu"
Lot 306: Maternité "phemba" ("pfemba")
Lot 309: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 103 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila OrangunArne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 1,400
Lot 104 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin, OyoArne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 850
Lot 105 : Very rare double figure, before 1910
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo / BakunduRobert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 4,800
Lot 106 : Rare male headdress "ndim"
Cameroon, TikarKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, Lot 188 presumably Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 3,500
Lot 107 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask
D. R. Congo, KeteKnud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 1,100
Lot 108 : Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, TekeKnud Nielsen, Jelling, DenmarkPrice EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 109 : Snuff container
Tanzania, MakondeKnud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmarksold EUR 200
Lot 110 : Rare equestrian figure with elephant "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, KissiEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 2,000
Lot 111 : Head sculpture "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, KissiEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italynot available anymore
Lot 112 : Seated figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, KissiEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 900
Lot 113 : Beautiful helmet mask "ndoli jowei"
Sierra Leone, MendeEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 3,500
Lot 114 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, MendeEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 2,200
Lot 115 : Horn/ trumpet ("Olifant")
Sierra Leone, MendeEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italysold EUR 2,600
Lot 116 : Magnificent horn/ trumpet ("Olifant")
Sierra Leone, MendeEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italysold 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, BassaEdmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy (coll. in situ, 1978-80)not available anymore
Lot 119 : Anthropomorphic face mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanRené (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland Christie's, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 100 Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 1,900
Lot 120 : Seated figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRené (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland Christie's, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 125 Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italynot available anymore
Lot 121 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota, NdassaRené (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland Christie's, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 178 Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italysold EUR 4,000
Lot 122 : Miniature mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, BassaThomas Albertini, Bayeux, Francenot available anymore
Lot 123 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowei"
Sierra Leone, Mendesold EUR 1,600
Lot 124 : Very rare helmet mask "a-rong-a-thoma" ("araung etoma" or "athoma")
Sierra Leone, TemneAmerican Collectionsold EUR 2,800
Lot 125 : Body mask of "poro" society
Guinea, KorankoAmerican Collectionsold EUR 2,400
Lot 126 : Islamic Manuscript
Mali, TimbuktuHerford, Essen, Germany Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany (acquired 2005)sold EUR 650
Lot 127 : Hyaena mask "suruku koun" of the "korè" society
Mali, BamanaWolfgang 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 Collectionsold EUR 2,100
Lot 128 : Antelope headdress "tjiwara" with anthropomorphic figure
Mali, BamanaOld British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)sold EUR 1,200
Lot 129 : Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, BamanaOld British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)not available anymore
Lot 130 : Figural carved post of a "togu na"
Mali, Dogonsold EUR 700
Lot 131 : Soul ladder "wagem bilu"
Mali, DogonHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 132 : Figure with raised arms
Mali, DogonLemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1969) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 130sold EUR 1,500
Lot 133 : Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
Mali, DogonMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Swedish Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 134 : Male figure with necklace
Mali, DogonMarc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1983) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 135sold EUR 3,500
Lot 135 : Mixed lot ceramic objects
Mali, Inland Niger Delta / DjenneHerford, Essen, Germany, acquired in Djenne, 2001 (a) Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 136 : Helmet mask with flat sagittal crest "bolo"
Burkina Faso, Bobosold EUR 800
Lot 137 : Blacksmith's mask "hombo" or "kobiay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa, Houndésold EUR 1,800
Lot 138 : Very rare figural stool
Burkina Faso, KurumbaOld British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)sold EUR 1,100
Lot 139 : Female protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiHermann 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, Germanysold EUR 2,400
Lot 141 : Rooster mask "wan-noraogo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi, Ouagadougou stylesold EUR 350
Lot 142 : Headdress "zazaigo" with antelope
Burkina Faso, Mossisold EUR 500
Lot 143 : Convolute fertility dolls "biiga
Burkina Faso, MossiHerford, Essen, Germany, acquired in Ougadougou 2001 (b) / 2002 (a) Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 144 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (2012) Pierluigi Peroni, Gallarate, Italysold EUR 500
Lot 145 : Hornbill mask
Burkina Faso, NunaBritish Collection (1960s/70s)Price EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 146 : Stone stele with relief figure
Burkina Faso, Nyonyosisold EUR 1,500
Lot 147 : Anthropomorphic miniature metal mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / AkanPaolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 148 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleHermann Kühn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1982) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 136sold EUR 2,400
Lot 149 : Receptacle with anthropomorphic lid "kwle"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 2,000
Lot 150 : Comb
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleCharles B. Davis, New Orleans, USA (coll. in situ, 1983) Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 151 : Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, BaulePierre Vérité, Paris, France Claude Vérité, Paris, France Sylvie Vérité, Paris, France Christie's Paris, 3 December 2015, Lot 53sold EUR 3,000
Lot 152 : Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla", 19th/20th century
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleMrs. Benzinger (deceased in 2009), Solothurn, Switzerland Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium (2009)sold EUR 11,000