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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Highlights

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Lot 8: Stone mask, Early to Middle Formative period, roughly between 1200 BC and 400 BC
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Lot 45: Colima Dog, ca. 200 BC - 300 AD
1/5
Lot 57: Standing male figure, ca. 200 BC – 300 AD
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Lot 58: Seated Male and Female, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD
1/5
Lot 59: Figurative Urn, ca. 300 - 800 AD
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Lot 77: Rare "Amlash" Idol, ca. 1000 BC
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Lot 78: Idol of the “Kusura–Beycesultan” type, Bronze Age, ca. 2700 – 2100 BC
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Lot 81: Ritual vessel "situla", Bronze Age, 5th - 1st century BC
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Lot 85: Large Ceremonial Halberd "candrasa", late 1st millennium BC to early 1st millennium AD
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Lot 86: Warrior figure with sword, Bronzeage, ca. 300 BC - 200 AD
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Lot 103: "Amida Buddha", Edo period (1603-1868)
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Lot 117: Unusual gold leaf mask
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Lot 119: Ancestor figure "siraha salawa"
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Lot 135: Prehistoric zoomorphic stone object, possibly a pestle
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Lot 139: Anthropomorphic stone pestle
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Lot 142: Mask "brag"
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Lot 143: Shield
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Lot 144: Male figure
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Lot 151: Helmet mask "tatanua"
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Lot 157: Head / neckrest "korwar" ("korvar")
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Lot 163: Excellent "malagan" figure, before 1899
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Lot 164: Ritual object for fertility "balum kemepe"
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Lot 181: Neck rest, 19th century
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Lot 217: Female power figure "nkisi"/ "nkishi" (pl. "mankisi" / "'mankishi")
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Lot 224: Baga snake "bansonyi" or "a-Mantsho-na-Tshol"
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Lot 269: Mask "gu"
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Lot 272: Pair of figures "tugubele"
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Lot 274: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpelié" ("kpeli yehe")
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Lot 279: Beautiful face mask "tu bodu" (buffalo)
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Lot 289: Spoon
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Lot 313: Two "opo ile" veranda posts, each shaped as a Maternité
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Lot 330: Royal mask, pre 1918
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Lot 336: Female ancestor figure
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Lot 343: Anthropomorphic face mask "pongdudu" or "kpongadomba"
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Lot 345: Seated female ancestor figure "singiti
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Lot 363: Anthropomorphic mask
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Lot 374: Power figure "nkishi" against small pox
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Lot 384: Chief figure "mwanangana"

Auction 105

Lot 303 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 304 : Mask "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo, Mgbala Agwa village, Romanus Nzeke (1970s)
British Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 305 : Zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Yves & Ewa Develon, Paris, France
Price
EUR 2,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 306 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 307 : Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
Nigeria, Igbo
British Collection · German Private Collection · Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, 4 December 2018, lot 81 · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 16 November 2019, lot 197
Sold EUR 4,700
Lot 308 : Miniature mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 309 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye,
Norfolk State University Museum, Virginia, USA · Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada · Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands · Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, 30 March 2022, lot 13 · Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Price
EUR 3,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 310 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
John Dintenfass, New York, USA · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 164 · Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 311 : Kneeling figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium · Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 650
Lot 312 : Post figure "kundul"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 313 : Two "opo ile" veranda posts, each shaped as a Maternité
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Northern German Collection
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 314 : Anthropozoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Leopold Häfliger, Lucerne, Switzerland (1971) · André Vogt, Zurich, Switzerland · Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 315 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany · Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 316 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 317 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Ch. Feldmeier, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 February 2000, lot 417 · Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Sold EUR 550
Lot 318 : Anthropomorphic miniature mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 350
Lot 319 : Dance staff for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France · Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Price
EUR 1,200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 320 : Stool with "eshu" figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 321 : Pair of beaded panels
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Collection
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 322 : Prestige chair
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo
British Collection
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 323 : Rare standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo
Old German Private Collection (before 1918)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 324 : Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
coll. by Unteroffizier Heinrich Hautmann (1884 - 1965) during his tour of duty in then German Kamerun 1910-1912 · Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1964) · Alexandra Kieselbach (1986?) · By descent through the family to her sister · Tamara Ponatowska · John Falcon, New York, USA (2009)
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 325 : Pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Herman Seeger, Stuttgart, Germany · Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (1967) · Helmuth Brust, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 July 2008, lot 135
Price
EUR 400

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 326 : Rare double figure
Cameroon, Bundum
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium · Dutch Private Collection, Eindhoven · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 11 November 2017, lot 341 · Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 327 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Southern Cameroon, Oveng Region, Fang
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 328 : Maternité
Cameroon, Keaka
collected by Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (1998) · Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium · Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 329 : Standing figure
Cameroon / Nigeria, Mfumte / Kaka / Mambila
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (2010) · Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium
Price
EUR 6,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 330 : Royal mask, pre 1918
Cameroon, Wum (Bafum) / Kuk
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 331 : Anthropomorphic mask "ngil"
Gabon, Fang
Ernst Esch (1870-pre 1951), Germany (coll. in situ, 1903) · Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany Esch was a Geologist serving in the German colonial administration (1906).
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 332 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Punu
Ursula & Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany · Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 333 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukuyi"
Gabon, Punu
French Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 334 : Staff of authority with female half figure
Gabon, Tsogho
Gaetan Schoonbroodt, Verviers, Belgium · Andreas Artemenko, Herzogenrath, Germany
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 335 : Lidded container for gunpowder
D. R. Congo
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 300
Lot 336 : Female ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Azande / Mangbetu
Captain Robert Charles Couldrey CBE (1890-1974), Stafford, England (coll. in situ, ca.1928) · Robert Fade Couldrey (1932-2022), Stone, Staffordshire, England · Family-owned since then
Price
EUR 10,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 337 : Figural sculpture
D. R. Congo, Azande
Line & Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 338 : Anthropomorphic figure "yanda" of the "mani" society
D. R. Congo, Azande
Belgian Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 339 : Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Sam Handbury-Madin, Shrewsbury, Great Britain · Robert Temple, Ghent, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 340 : Crucifx "nkangi kititu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 341 : Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Private Collection
Price
EUR 2,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 342 : Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Spanish Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 343 : Anthropomorphic face mask "pongdudu" or "kpongadomba"
D. R. Congo, Boa
René Germain (1914-1982) coll. between 1937-1940 while working in Yangambi for the Institut National pour l`etude Agronomique du Congo Belge (INEAC) · Belgian Private Collection · Cole Harrell, New York, USA
Price
EUR 30,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 344 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Auktionshaus Hüll, Cologne, Germany (1993) · Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Sold EUR 400
Lot 345 : Seated female ancestor figure "singiti
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 254 · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 March 2022, lot 83 · Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Price
EUR 8,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 346 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Gaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New York, USA · North German Private Collection (1975)
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 347 : Large helmet mask with buffalo horns
D. R. Congo, Northern Angola / Southern Congo, Holo
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium · Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Price
EUR 3,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 348 : Maternité
D. R. Congo, Kete
Line & Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 349 : Crescent-shaped lidded box "ngondo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 350 : Rare female figure
D. R. Congo, Kumu / Lega / Lengola
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium · Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany · Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Price
EUR 1,800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 351 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium · Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 352 : Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 1994, lot 170 · Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance