
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. 60 0- 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