Oceania
Oceanian art
- Marquesas Islands
Club "u'u"
ProvenanceJohann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany Ernst von Sieglin (1848-1927), Stuttgart, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1905) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1969) Munich Private Collectionsold EUR 100,000 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Magnificent "malagan" figure
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Munich Private Collectionsold EUR 170,000 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Malagan mask "tatanua"
ProvenanceKlaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, African & Oceanic Art, November 9, 1979, lot 136 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 36,000 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
War charm, around 1880
ProvenanceLance Entwistle, Paris, France Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerlandsold EUR 36,000 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Kneeling female figure "malagan"
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Munich Private Collectionsold EUR 80,000 - Vanuatu, South Malakula, Letemboi/Small Nambas
Ancestor effigy "rambaramp"
ProvenanceElisabeth Grünwald, Grenoble, France (1972)sold EUR 15,000
Open sale
- Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-Bay (ex "Geelvinkbaai"), Korvar (Korwar) area
Spatula-shaped stirrer with squatting "korvar" figure
EUR 500 - Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Middle Sepik, Iatmul
Lime spatula of excellent quality
EUR 2,500