Collectors' Items Sale
Non-European art and ethnographic works from European estates and private collections
Highlights
Lot 37: Three spears
Lot 129: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Lot 285: Anthropomorphic face mask "mbuya"
Lot 201 : Rare figural sculpture"'izemize"
Nigeria, Ishan (Esan)Dutch Private Collection, Amsterdam (since around 1969)Price EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 202 : Plaited shield
Nigeria / Cameroon, KeakaAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 203 : Anthropomorphic figure
Nigeria, Mumuyesold EUR 200
Lot 204 : Small animal head, ca. 500 BC - 200 AD
Nigeria, NokNeumeister, Munich, Germany, 16 November 2006, lot 151sold EUR 250
Lot 205 : Head- / neckrest
Nigeria, NupePierre Loos, Brussels, BelgiumPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 206 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, OgoniWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 207 : Face mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" ('spirit')
Nigeria, OgoniGünter Christmann, Langenhagen, Germany Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, GermanyPrice EUR 350plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 208 : Face mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" ('spirit')
Nigeria, OgoniWerner Zintl, Worms, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 209 : Janiform dance crest
Nigeria, UrhoboGalerie Walu, Basel, SwitzerlandPrice EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 210 : Columnar statue "kundul"
Nigeria, WurkunWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 211 : Headdress "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaFlorida CollectionPrice EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 212 : Headdress "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaPrice EUR 650plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 213 : Headdress "gelede" with horns
Nigeria, YorubaGerman Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 300
Lot 214 : Headdress "gelede": head of a bush pig
Nigeria, YorubaHaus Völker und Kulturen, Ethnological Museum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany Folkmar von Kolczynski, Stuttgart, Germany Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany Petr Zubek, Düsseldorf, GermanyPrice EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 215 : Headdress "egungun"
Nigeria, YorubaHerbert Hamak, Hammelburg, GermanyPrice EUR 200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 216 : Figure with bowl "olumeye"
Nigeria, YorubaRoland Hartmann, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandPrice EUR 200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 217 : Female figure
Nigeria, YorubaAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyPrice EUR 200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 218 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, AbeokutaHerbert Hamak, Hammelburg, GermanyPrice EUR 350plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 219 : Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, IbadanRudolf Leopold, Vienna, AustriaPrice EUR 450plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 220 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, OwuZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 28 May 2016, lot 303 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 221 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-IllorinKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, Germany, 18 May 2006, lot 75 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germanysold EUR 480
Lot 222 : Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, EdeKarl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 223 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oke IhoZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 8 July 2000, lot 370 Almut Zintl-Wiegand, Worms, Germany (acquired ca. 1999)sold EUR 650
Lot 224 : House of the head "ile ori"
Nigeria, YorubaHerbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germanysold EUR 350
Lot 225 : Divination head for "ifa", "olori ikin"
Nigeria, YorubaFrench Private CollectionPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 226 : Dance staff "ogo elegba" for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, YorubaKarl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, GermanyPrice EUR 150plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 227 : Ceremonial axe for the "ogun" cult
Nigeria, YorubaAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 228 : Figural handle for a divination tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaJochen Winkler, Konstanz, Germany (1971) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1979) Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, Germany, 10 June 2010, lot 180 Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 229 : Bellow
Nigeria, YorubaKarl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 17 September 2011, lot 364 Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 230 : Caryatid bowl with leopard
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki or neighboursWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 231 : Three pipes
Cameroon GrassfieldsAuktionshaus Hüll, Cologne, Germany (1993) Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, GermanyPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 232 : Whistle / flute
Cameroon Grassfields, BamendaJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 27 May 2017, lot 350sold EUR 550
Lot 233 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeTina Hofer, Vienna, Austria Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 19 April 1997, lot 320 Werner Zintl, Worms, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 234 : Beaded calabash and drinking horn
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / BamumGerman Private Collection, Munichsold EUR 200
Lot 235 : Two pipes
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / BamumWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 236 : "Abbia" game pieces
Cameroon, BetiPierre Loos, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 200
Lot 237 : Three dolls "ham pilu"
Cameroon, FaliBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (1995)Price EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 238 : Beaded pouch with tweezers
Cameroon, Fali / Dowayo (Namchi)Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (1995)Price EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 239 : Power figure "enok ateng" or "njom"
Cameroon, KeakaSwedish Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 November 2016, lot 344 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, SwedenPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 240 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiPrice EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 241 : Head-shaped dance crest
Cameroon, TikarGerman Private Collection, BerlinPrice EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 242 : Helmet mask with ram's horns
Cameroon, Wum / Kom / NsoEdith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, SwitzerlandPrice EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 243 : Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Gabon, FangHerbert Hamak, Hammelburg, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 244 : Male reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" ("Image of the ancestor")
Gabon / Southern Cameroon, FangGerman Colonial Collection (pre 1918)sold EUR 2,000
Lot 245 : Anthropomorphic harp fragment
Gabon, TsoghoRenaud Riley, Brussels, BelgiumPrice EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 246 : Two medals
D. R. CongoWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germanysold EUR 450
Lot 247 : Post figure
D. R. Congo, BiomboPetr Zubek, Düsseldorf, GermanyPrice EUR 350plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 248 : Headdress
D. R. Congo, BudjaGalerie O. Klejman & Stella L., Paris, France (1999)Price EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 249 : Iron currency "mbili Ngbaka"
D. R. Congo, Ngbaka, Mbanza, LobalaGalerie Jahn, Munich, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 250 : Basket with lid
D. R. Congo, Chokwe / Lunda borderCurt Eduard Pilz (1879-1927), Frankfurt am Main, Germanysold EUR 500