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
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Lot 57: Stirrup-spouted vessel with sacrificial scene
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Lot 74: Big protective figure "bateba phuwe"
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Lot 78: Very rare pair of ancestor figures
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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
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Lot 96: Lid of a ritual vessel with equestrian figure
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Lot 98: Rare male figure
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Lot 117: Pair of figures "lü mä"
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Lot 121: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 151: Excellent heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
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Lot 152: Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla", 19th/20th century
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Lot 153: Seated male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 154: Standing female figure "asie usu"
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Lot 159: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 179: Rare courtly shrine figure, 17th/18th century
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Lot 263: Mask "idimu" of the "bwami" society
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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 204 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila area
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 205 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Ian Auld, Halstead, England
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 206 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France Private French Collection (1968) Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 21 June 2016, Lot 123 Danish Private Collection
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 207 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 208 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke workshop
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 209 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany (1965)
not available anymore
Lot 210 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin area / Kwara State
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 211 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Anago
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 212 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilorin
collected by a German veterinary surgeon at the beginning of the 1960s
sold EUR 650
Lot 213 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Abogunde from Ede
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 900
Lot 214 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany (1965)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 215 : Two figural carved altar staffs
Nigeria, Yoruba
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 216 : Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1956) Ursula und Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 217 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 900
Lot 218 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1982) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 143
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 219 : Large ritual staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 220 : Scepter/ rattle "ipawo ashe"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 221 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" ("edan oshugbo")
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 222 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" ("edan oshugbo")
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 223 : Broad arm cuff
Nigeria, Yoruba
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (coll. in situ, Cotonou, Benin, 1996)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 224 : Beautiful figurally carved oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 225 : Leader mask "kam"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Kom
Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 226 : Tunic of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Lance Entwistle, London, Great Britain
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 227 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon / Nigeria, Cross River, Anyang (Banyang)
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France (1970s)
not available anymore
Lot 228 : Rare stone figure, around 1940/50
Cameroon, Bali
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 229 : Rare head sculpture
Cameroon, southern / Equatorial Guinea, Beti-Fang, Eton
Allan Stone, New York, USA
Price EUR 3,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 230 : Drum
Cameroon, Fang
Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
University of Virginia Art Museum, USA (1980.47.11) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2007, Lot 155 American Private Collection
Price EUR 5,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 232 : Helmet mask of the "sùàgà" society
Cameroon, Mambila
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 233 : Very early and rare female figure
Cameroon / Nigeria, Mfumte / Kaka / Mambila
Johann Levy, Paris, France French Private Collection (acquired between 2000-2005)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 235 : Early and rare decorative bonnet "edoban" or "etue", 19th century
Gabon, Fang (Pangwe)
DO. P. Jüngling, Essen, Germany (1939) Brandl, Bochum, Germany Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany (1969)
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 236 : Rare marionette/ puppet head
Gabon, Fang
Harvey Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1973) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, Lot 127 Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 237 : Female face mask "okuyi" ("mukidji"/ "mvudi")
Gabon, Punu-Lumbo complex, Tsengi (Tsangui / Tsaangi)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 238 : Rare harp head
Gabon, Tsogho / Lumbo
Nicolas Roland, Paris, France Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France (2016) European Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 240 : Rare cult figure "yanda" of the "mani" secret society
D. R. Congo, Azande
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 241 : Vessel cover/ altarpiece with two anthropomorphic heads
D. R. Congo, Azande / Mangbetu, Master Mbitim
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
sold EUR 700
Lot 242 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Azande, Banda
sold EUR 600
Lot 243 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 600
Lot 244 : Ritual staff of the "khimba" initiation society
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1987) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 147
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 245 : Female trunk figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Sikasingo / Bembe (eastern) / Buyu
Geert Hendrik van de Zee, Osstzaan, The Netherlands Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands (2013) Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Stehende weibliche Figur
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Bwaka (Ngbaka)
Old British Collection
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 247 : Female power figure "kaponya" or "hamba"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Charles Ratton, Paris, France Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1991) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 162
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 248 : Figural tobacco mortar
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Rare female figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Goma
not available anymore
Lot 252 : Squatting female power figure
D. R. Congo, Kanyok (Kanioka) / Kuba Kingdom
Eugeen Reuse, Moorslede, Belgium (coll. in the Congo 1900-1904) Family estate (until 2014)
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 253 : Anthropomorphic mask "ishyeen imaalu"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 254 : Anthropomorphic palm wine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore
Lot 255 : Drinking cup for palm wine
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA (1978) Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 256 : Friction oracle "itombwa" in crocodile form
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1982) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 148
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
not available anymore