
Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction
Voyage Tribal Art - an art trip to the impressive works of Old America, Asia, Australia and Africa as well as to the antiquities of Europe and Egypt
Highlights
Lot 26: War shield, around 1940
Lot 35: Ancestor board "gope"
Lot 49: Rare war shield
Lot 59: Yam cult figure "minja"
Lot 62: Ancestor figure, around 1920
Lot 66: Stone effigy "zemi"
Lot 120: Hunter mask "dana-na"
Lot 121: Kneeling figure
Lot 126: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Lot 131: Standing male figure "waka sona"
Lot 132: Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Lot 133: Seated female figure "asie usu"
Lot 144: Seated female figure
Lot 146: Figural carved staff
Lot 162: Standing male figure
Lot 163: Female pair of figures
Lot 180: Rare leather figure "ikpa woro"
Lot 186: Female shrine figure with child
Lot 195: Large prestige stool with leopard
Lot 204: Kneeling female figure
Lot 206: Standing figure
Lot 221: Puppet head "kebe kebe"
Lot 239: Standing female figure "tulume"
Lot 242: Power half figure "nkisi"
Lot 53 : Food bowl "uvai"
Papua New Guinea - SepikJosef Schmidt (1920-1995), Munich, Germany · By descent through family (1995-2019)Not available anymoreLot 54 : Ritual clay figure, around 1900
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, East Sepik Province, Pora Pora RiverUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanyNot available anymoreLot 55 : Small clay mask, um 1900
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, East Sepik Province, Pora Pora RiverUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanyNot available anymoreLot 56 : Small clay mask, around 1900
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, East Sepik Province, Pora Pora RiverUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanyNot available anymoreLot 57 : Standing figure
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, BiwatNorman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USANot available anymoreLot 58 : House board
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepikpresumably collected by Douglas Newton, New York, USA · Marcia & John Friede, Rye, USA Douglas Newton was the head of the Rockefeller Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, New York for many years.Not available anymoreLot 59 : Yam cult figure "minja"
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Washkuk Hills, KwomaBruce Seaman, Honolulu, Hawaii · George Craig, Green Islands, Melanesia · Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA Craig spent seventeen years of his life in Papua New Guinea where he worked as a crocodile hunter. Already as a young man he was enthusiastic about tribal art from this region and started collecting, which he continued throughout his life.Sold EUR 2,500Lot 60 : Helmet mask "baba tagwa"
Papua New Guinea - WoseraSold EUR 900Lot 61 : Standing male cult figure
Papua New Guinea - WoseraNot available anymoreLot 62 : Ancestor figure, around 1920
Papua New Guinea - YangoruNot available anymoreLot 63 : Frigate bird in flight, around 1940
Solomon Islands, MakiraNot available anymoreLot 64 : Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th century
AustraliaEric Coote, Sidney, Australia · Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USANot available anymoreLot 65 : Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th/ 20th century
AustraliaSold EUR 3,500Lot 66 : Stone effigy "zemi"
West Indies, Greater Antilles, TainoThierry Cruchet, Saint-Tropez, France · Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany · German Private CollectionNot available anymoreLot 67 : Conch shell form trumpet, ca. 500 - 700 AD
Mexico, MayaPrivate Collection, Nevada, USA · David Harner, Arkansas, USA (1950s-60s) [Coll. No.“PM34”]Not available anymoreLot 68 : Lidded cache vessel, Classic Period, ca. 550 - 750 AD
Mexico, MayaPrivate Collection, Arizona, USANot available anymoreLot 69 : Extremely rare "hacha" in shape of a collared peccary, ca. 600- 900 AD
Mexico, VeracruzDrs. G. Siskind & S. Tuttmann, New York, USA (1970s-1980s)Not available anymoreLot 70 : Whistle/ rattle in form of a standing figure, ca. 600 - 800 AD
Mexico, Veracruz, El FaisanKen Bower, Lands Beyond Gallery, New York City, USA (1990s) [No 4984]Not available anymoreLot 71 : Stone axe god, ca. 1 - 500 AD
Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya regionPrivate Collection, Dallas, Texas, USANot available anymoreLot 72 : Late Classic Maya bowl
El Salvador, MayaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Not available anymoreLot 73 : Face vessel, ca. 500 BC
Ecuador, ChorreraAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Not available anymoreLot 74 : Standing female figure, ca. 500 AD
Ecuador, Jama-CoaqueDrs. G. Siskind and S. Tuttmann, New York, USANot available anymoreLot 75 : Rare male figure, ca. 500 AD
Ecuador, Manabi province, Manteño civilizationJohn A. Moir, Jr. Trust of 2013Not available anymoreLot 76 : Small bowl, ca.1100 AD
Peru, CajamarcaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Sold EUR 100Lot 77 : Pair of figures, ca. 1000 - 1400 AD
Peru, ChancayWestermann collectionNot available anymoreLot 78 : House-shaped vessel ("Aryballos"), ca. 900-1100 AD
Peru, Chimu LambayequeAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Sold EUR 300Lot 79 : Spherical pot with spout, ca.1100 AD
Peru, Ika-Chinca CultureAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Sold EUR 250Lot 80 : Funerary mask, ca. 300 B.C. to 300 AD
Peru, Moche, Loma NegraAlan C. Lapiner, Art of the Four Corners Gallery, New York, USA · Parke-Bernet, New York, 8 April 1972, Lot 93 · American Private Collection, New York CityNot available anymoreLot 81 : Stirrup vessel in sea shell form, ca. 400-700 AD
Peru, MocheGerman CollectionNot available anymoreLot 82 : Figural stirrup vessel, ca. 100 - 400 AD
Peru, NazcaSothebys, New York, November 25th, 1996, Lot 204 · Private Collection, Florida, USANot available anymoreLot 83 : Seated female figure, ca. 100 - 400 AD
Peru, NazcaR. Gill, Orlando, USANot available anymoreLot 84 : Two bowls
Peru, NazcaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Sold EUR 300Lot 85 : Two bowls
Peru, NazcaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Not available anymoreLot 86 : Two high cups
Peru, NazcaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Sold EUR 400Lot 87 : Four receptacles
Peru, NazcaAnna Maria Posset, Würzburg/ Miltenberg, Germany (acquired 1975-1985)Not available anymoreLot 88 : Stirrup vessel with anthropomorphic head, ca. 400-100 B.C.
Peru, ViruOld European Private Collection · Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York City, USA (2007)Not available anymoreLot 89 : Rare handled jug, Greek Bronze Age, ca. 2000 - 1500 B.C.
AegeanAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Not available anymoreLot 90 : Marble head of a female Goddess, hellenistic, ca. 3rd to 2nd Century B.C.
Eastern MediterraneanAmerican Private Collection (1970s-2000s)Not available anymoreLot 91 : Tetradrachm of Demetrios I., hellenistic, ca. 200 - 185 B.C.
Eastern MediterraneanNot available anymoreLot 92 : Core-formed Amphoriskos, hellenistic, ca. 2nd Century B.C.
Eastern MediterraneanAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Not available anymoreLot 93 : Red figure "Lebes Gamikos" ("marriage de vase"), ca. 350 B.C.
South Italy, PaestumSothebys, London, 14 December 1987, Lot 161 · Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991 (One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases, no. 171) · John Kluge (“Morven House Collection”), Virginia, USA · Christie’s, New York, 8 June 2004, Lot 370Not available anymoreLot 94 : Green glass twin handled jar, roman, ca. 1st to 3rd Century AD
Eastern MediterraneanAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Not available anymoreLot 95 : Roman glas canteen/ flask, ca.1st to 3rd Century AD
Eastern MediterraneanAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Not available anymoreLot 96 : Roman double chambered Unguentarium, ca. 1st- 3rd Century AD
Eastern MediterraneanAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Not available anymoreLot 97 : Kusura Type abstract Figural Idol, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 - 2400 B.C.
AnatoliaFamily Collection, New Jersey, USA (1980s)Not available anymoreLot 98 : Eye Idol, ca. 3500 - 3000 B.C.
Syria, Tell BrakAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Sold EUR 1,500Lot 99 : Abstract Stele, ca. 2nd Century B.C. / AD
Arabian Peninsula, YemenBritish Private Collection (acquired 1960s-70s)Not available anymoreLot 100 : Figural Frieze, ca. 2nd - 4th Century AD
Afghanistan / Pakistan border area, Gandhara regionAmerican Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Sold EUR 900Lot 101 : Panel depicting Buddha, ca. 2nd Century A.D.
India - Kushana Empire, MathuraMichael Cohn, New York City, USA · Roslyn Willet, New York City, USA (1990s)Sold EUR 3,000Lot 102 : Extremely rare wooden Bodhisattva, Gupta Period, 5th - 6th Century AD
India, Eastern IndiaHong Kong Private Collection (since 1990s)Not available anymore


























































































