November 15, 2025

Auction 105

AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA
PRE-COLUMBIA AND ANTIQUITIES
The African Collection of Werner and Lotte Krause, Hamburg. Ancient American ceramics from German private collections, including the collection of A. and B. Schirmer. Works from the historic Pacific collections of Henry Erfeling and Hubert Geisler. The prehistoric stone collection of John and Marcia Friede (Part 1).

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Auction 105

Lot 151 : Helmet mask "tatanua"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Hubert Geisler (1863-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 9,000
Lot 152 : Neck and war ornament
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Southern New Britain
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 300
Estimated price EUR 600
Lot 153 : Group of hair ornaments
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 250
Estimated price EUR 500
Lot 154 : Two stone mace heads "palau" / "palao"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 155 : Set: bow and spears
Papu New Guinea
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 156 : Comb
Caroline Islands, Yap Islands
Hubert Geisler (1864-1936), Würzburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 157 : Head / neckrest "korwar" ("korvar")
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar Region
Aalderink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Martin Doustar, Brussels, Belgium Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 January 2024, lot 171
Starting price EUR 5,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 158 : Mixed lot bag and jewellery elements
Papua New Guinea
Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 159 : Helmet-shaped basketry mask "baba tagwa"
Papua New Guinea, Prince Alexander Mountains - Middle Sepik River, Abelam
Lorenz Eckert, Basel, Switzerland Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2005)
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 160 : War shield
Papua New Guinea - Madang Province - Simbai River, Kalam
collected by Jack Hibbert, a Missionary living and working in New Guinea in the 1960s Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 161 : Shell apron and sash, three textile sashes
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Salinger, Hamburg, Germany (coll. around 1900) German Private Collection (1970's)
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 162 : Comb
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 163 : Excellent "malagan" figure, before 1899
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Albert Hahl (1868-1945), Bavaria, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1899) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1959)
Starting price EUR 25,000
Estimated price EUR 50,000
Lot 164 : Ritual object for fertility "balum kemepe"
Western New Guinea - Central Highlands, village of Moknerkon
Thomas Michel, Stuttgart, Germany
Starting price EUR 8,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 165 : Large food bowl
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Tami Islands
Manfred Emil Georg Schwarz (1914-1980), Munich, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 166 : Suspension hook "samban" or "tshambwan"
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, Iatmul
Philip Goldman (1922-2012), Gallery 43, London, Great Britain Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, 4 October 2021, lot 79
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 167 : Suspension hook "samban" or "tshambwan"
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province - Angoram District, Iatmul
Philip Goldman (1922-2012), Gallery 43, London, Great Britain Mia & Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands François Coppens, Brussels, Belgium Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 29 January 2020, lot 260
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 168 : Group of lime spatulas and bone daggers
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, Iatmul
German Private Collection, Munich
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 169 : Yam mask "silgu"
Papua New Guinea - Maprik
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 170 : Crouching figure with disc-shaped headgear
Papua New Guinea - Massim area
UK Collection
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,800
Lot 171 : Maskette
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
French Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 172 : Small male figure "kandimbong"
Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 173 : dropped
Starting price EUR 0
Estimated price EUR 0
Lot 174 : Figurally carved staff
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
Old Colonial Collection Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 175 : Spatula from a lime container
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Spanish Collection
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 176 : Zoomorphic spoon (crocodile)
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Line & Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 177 : Ritual object in the form of a stylized crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 178 : Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany
Starting price EUR 450
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 179 : Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 180 : Unusual basketry mask
Papua New Guinea, Prince Alexander Mountains - Middle Sepik
James R. Lawson, Sydney, Australia Guy Earl Smith, Sydney, Australia
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 181 : Neck rest, 19th century
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf - Tami Islands
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 182 : Roof ridge finial of a chief’s house
New Caledonia, Kanak
Dutch Collection
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 7,000
Lot 183 : Birdhead club "go porowa ra maru"
New Caledonia, Kanak
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 27 Februarey 2016, lot 75
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 184 : War club "afui" or "alafolo"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
German Collection, Berlin
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 185 : Club "supe"
Solomon Islands - Malaita
Bonhams, Chelsea, England, 24 March 1993, lot 182 Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 28 June 2014, lot 67
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 186 : Paddle
Austral Islands
German Private Collection, Munich
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 187 : Food pounder "penu" or "phou"
Caroline Islands - Truk Islands
Helmut Göring (1917-2013), Kaiserslautern, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 188 : Shield "wunda", spear thrower "woomera" and boomerang
Australia
Albert Buderus von Carlshausen (1861-1942), Gelnhausen (Frankfurt), Germany Bernhard Graf von Lippe, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 189 : Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga")
Australia
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 190 : Figure of a "healing" spirit
Russia - East Siberia - Lower Amur river, Nanai
Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Jacques Lebrat, Paris, France Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 191 : Doll "ittarma"
Russia - West Siberia, Khanty
Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 192 : Protective spirit "kalgamu"
Russia - East Siberia - Lower Amur river, Ulchi
Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 193 : Idol
Alaska, Thule Culture
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 194 : Miniature figure
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 195 : Part of a towing handle, before 1910
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
Paul and Mary Thiry, Seattle, USA
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 196 : "Hututu" katsina doll, ca. 1940
North America, Hopi
Spanish Collection
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 197 : Miniature "katsina" doll
North America, Hopi / Zuni
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 198 : Anthropomorphic trumpet
Sierra Leone, Limba
Ingo Donath, Hamburg, Germany Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1986)
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 199 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
René (1920-1981) & Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland (1988) Christie's, South Kensington, England, 24 March 1988, lot 37 Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1991)
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 200 : Female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1990)
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500