Collectors' Items Sale

Live Online Auction:
Wednesday, 24 September 2025 - 2 pm (CEST)

Online catalogue

Shorten the wait until our classic live auction!

You can now bid conveniently on exceptional collectibles in our online September auction “Collectors’ Items Sale”. Discover previously unseen works from the estates of Peter Willborg and Werner Zintl and the Herbert Hamak art collection – as well as many other fascinating works at attractive starting prices.

We look forward to a lively and exciting auction presenting around 380 works from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and pre-Columbian times, as well as rare South Sea spears from a German expedition before 1918.

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  Sierra Leone, Mende:  Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo")

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  Provenance

  Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (1997)
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  D. R. Congo, Pende:  Anthropomorphic face mask "mbuya"

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  Provenance

  Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 23 September 2006, lot 370 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
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  D. R. Congo, Luba:  Female face mask "kikashi"

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  Provenance

  Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 September 1999, lot 466 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany

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  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule:  Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan", early 20th century

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  Nick Poolos, Adeon Gallery, Chicago, USA (pre 1970s) Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
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  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule:  Standing female figure "blolo bla"

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  Provenance

  Danish Private Collection Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
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  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule:  Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"

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  Swedish Private Collection (1950’s / 1960’s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 November 2016, lot 188 Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

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  Mali, Bamana:  Ritual staff with female figure

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  Pijnenburg Family Collection, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan:  Ceremonial ladle "wunkirmian" or "wakemia"

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  Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
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  Gabon / Southern Cameroon, Fang:  Male reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" ("Image of the ancestor")

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  Provenance

  German Colonial Collection (pre 1918)