Open sale
In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 478 objects from all continents and from European collections, which you can directly acquire at the minimum price. See for yourself in our online open sale catalogue, or visit us in our auction house in Wurzburg. We look forward to helping you!
3050509 : Short sword "fa" in wooden scabbard
Gabon, FangAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050508 : Ceremonial axe "kibiki" or "kasolwa"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, KaminaAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050505 : Plaited shield "marayada" / "mareita"
Chad / Cameroon, Logone River Region, MassaAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050504 : Plaited shield "marayada" / "mareita"
Chad / Cameroon, Logone River Region, MassaAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050493 : Prestige knife
D. R. Congo, LobalaPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050492 : Bird sculpture
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPrice EUR 450plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050490 : Handle of a fly whisk "nandwa blawa"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEdith Hafter, Solothurn, SwitzerlandPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050483 : Helmet mask with ram's horns
Cameroon, Wum / Kom / NsoEdith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, SwitzerlandPrice EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050479 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufoacquired in the European art market in the late 1970s / early 1980s Australian Private CollectionPrice EUR 6,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050478 : Ancestor figure "korwar"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Korvar RegionAmerican Private CollectionPrice EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050476 : Ridgepole figure
Papua-Neuguinea - Massim-Gebietcollected by Mike Glanville in Gawa (before 1990) Richard Bennet, Cairns, Australia Harry Beran, Sidney, Australia / Cambs, United Kingdom Marcia & John Friede's (Jolika) Collection, USA Harry Beran was born in Vienna in 1935 and migrated to Australia in 1957. He obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1974 and taught philosophy at the University of Wollongong until his retirement in 1998. Harry was a frequent visitor to Papua New Guinea and wrote numerous publications on its art. In particular he was a scholar, author and collector specialised in the Massim culture of Milne Bay Province.Price EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050472 : Mask of a notable, late 19th / early 20th century
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Kom (Bekom)American Broadcasting Company (ABC), New York, USA Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California, USA Los Angeles Private Collection, USAPrice EUR 5,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050471 : Standing female figure "waka sran" or "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleCanadian Private CollectionPrice EUR 5,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050470 : Head sculpture of the snake cult
D. R. Congo, KuyuAmerican Private CollectionPrice EUR 3,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050465 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
Mali, DogonHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany (2017)Price EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050464 : Pair of magical figures
D. R. Congo, DengeseVera & Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 31 January 2015, lot 132Price EUR 200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050461 : Small male "kifwebe" mask "kilume"
D. R. Congo, SongyeHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerland Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 22 November 2003, lot 418Price EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050458 : Standing figure
South Africa, ZuluThomas Scott (d.1914) Christie's, Paris, 10 December 2003, lot 353 Scott was stationed in South Africa from 1895 to 1913. He was the leader of a brass band for Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902).Price EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050457 : Colon figure: young woman in green dress
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, Lot 195Price EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050456 : Dignitary staff with janus head "khunia" or "mbweci"
Angola, SongoFernando Moncada, Lisbon, Portugal Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, lot 434Price EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050454 : Neckrest, 19th century
South Africa, NtwaneBonhams and Brooks, 18 April 2001, lot 66 Jacaranda Tribal, New York, USA Patrick Wormser, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 4 March 2017, lot 508Price EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050452 : Helmet mask with superstructure
Burkina FasoGerman Private Collection, MunichPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050449 : Anthropozoomorphic plank mask "bayiri"
Burkina Faso, Winiama / Nunuma / BwaGerman Private Collection, MunichPrice EUR 450plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050427 : Memorial head
Côte d'Ivoire, Anyi-Sanwi (Krinjabo)German Private Collection, MunichPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050426 : Stool "dwa"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti (Asante)German Private Collection, MunichPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050425 : Ceremonial ladle "wunkirmian" or "wakemia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan"La Rose d'Ivoire", Abidjan, Ivory Coast German Private Collection, MunichPrice EUR 450plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050422 : Dance staff "ogo elegba" for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, YorubaKarl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, GermanyPrice EUR 150plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050410 : 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
3050409 : Female miniature half figure
D. R. Congo, Luba-HembaPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050402 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, IlorinPrice EUR 350plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050390 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureBritish CollectionPrice EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050388 : Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo" with horns
Nigeria, IbibioRené and Maud Garcia, Paris, FrancePrice EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050385 : Standing male figure with amulet
Nigeria, Igbo / IdomaRené and Maud Garcia, Paris, FrancePrice EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050364 : Pair of figures "pombibele" of the "poro" society
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoJoan Didion (1934-2021), New York City, USA Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe.Price EUR 15,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050363 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" or "boho-na-bwete"
Gabon, KotaAmerican Private CollectionPrice EUR 9,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050360 : Memorial figure of a royal titled wife with child ("maternité")
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeCanadian Private CollectionPrice EUR 25,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050358 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "ci-wara-ni kun"
Mali, Bozo / Mande, Kita RegionPrivate Miami Collection, USAPrice EUR 4,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050357 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, MumuyeJames Willis, San Francisco, USA Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USAPrice EUR 8,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050355 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Vere (Verre), Yawam from LaindeMonsieur et Madame T. Collection, 2016 Tajan, Paris, "L'Univers de monsieur et madame T.", 28 September 2016, Lot 32Price EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050318 : Anthropo-zoomorphic headdress "banda" or "kumbaruba"
Guinea, Nalu / BagaPrivate Collection, Oslo, NorwayPrice EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050300 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroFrench CollectionPrice EUR 2,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050280 : Large helmet mask with openwork coiffure
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki or Kom (Bekom)American Private CollectionPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050279 : Lime spatula of excellent quality
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Middle Sepik, IatmulPaul Wirz (1892-1955), Zurich / Basel, Switzerland (field-collected in the 1930s) John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA The manufacturer's son Paul Wirz was born in Moscow in 1892. He studied ethnology in Zurich and Basel and graduated in 1920 with a Dr. phil. His dissertation on the Marind-anim people in New Guinea became a standard work in ethnology. Numerous research and collecting trips as a private scholar took Wirz to North Africa (1912-1913), New Guinea (1915-1931 and 1949-1955, with interruptions), Sardinia, Tunisia, Morocco, West Africa, Spain and the Canary Islands (1932-1934), to India, East and Southeast Asia (1934–1940), the Caribbean (1941–1945), and to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka (1947–1948). In between his travels he worked on his research work. Among other things, he explored the mythical world of the Marind-anim in southern Dutch New Guinea (West Neuguinea). He also devoted research to the Sentani and Gogodara.Price EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050271 : Two woman's knives "ulu"
Greenland, InuitHeinrich Dröge, Remseck, GermanyPrice EUR 300plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050256 : Repousse applique of a bearded deity, c. 5th century BC
Europe-Antiques, east GreekHans Marcus (1912-1992), Düsseldorf, GermanyPrice EUR 900plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050251 : "Mummy bundle" head or "false head", ca. 1000 - 1400 AD
Peru, ChancayHans Marcus (1912-1992), Düsseldorf, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050247 : Masket of an owl, ca. 300 BC - 300 AD
Peru, Moche / Viru, Loma Negra styleHans Marcus (1912-1992), Düsseldorf, GermanyPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050221 : "Mummy bundle" head or "false head", c. 1100 - 1400 AD
Peru, ChancayGerhard Asche (1933-2022), Billigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (vor 1968)Price EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050192 : Paddle "hoe"
Austral IslandsHellmut Patzer, Silesia, Poland (acquired in the 1st half of the 20th century)Price EUR 15,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
3050161 : Round shield "gondale"
Ethiopia, Sidamo, DorzeAlexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyPrice EUR 250plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance