Current auction

93rd Tribal Art Auction
2019-11-16

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Oceania and Asia. Works of African and European art from the 20th and 21st centuries. African weapons from the private collections of Hubert Pettenkofer and Dieter Schaffner. Contemporary Native American Art of the Hoffmann private collection (Part 2).

Opening hours during the preview

Wed, Nov 13th to Fri, Nov 15th – 10 am to 7 pm
Sat, Nov 16th – 9 am to 2 pm

Highlights of the current auction

Gold Hilt decorated with "Panhui" pattern, eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 256 B.C.)
Lot: 3

China

Kitchen chest "mizuya dansu", Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century
Lot: 14

Japan

Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century
Lot: 34

Cambodia, Khmer

Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni’oniha", 2nd half 19th century
Lot: 40

Indonesia - South Nias

Portrait of a woman
Lot: 66

Rain, Gavin (*1971), Cape Town, South Africa

Rare and very early type of dance mask "kepong, before 1921
Lot: 81

Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland

Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Lot: 89

Sierra Leone, Kissi

Bust headdress "the young bride" - "zigiren wönde"
Lot: 91

Guinea, Baga

Hunter mask "dana-na"
Lot: 98

Mali, Dogon

Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
Lot: 100

Mali, Dogon

Face mask "karan-wemba" of the "wango" society
Lot: 112

Burkina Faso, Mossi

Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Lot: 117

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Sitting male figure
Lot: 122

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou"
Lot: 127

Côte d'Ivoire, Bété / Guro

Mask "deangle"
Lot: 133

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan

Pair of figures "lü me"
Lot: 137

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan

Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
Lot: 154

Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure

Headress "ogbom"
Lot: 184

Nigeria, Eket / Igbo

Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
Lot: 188

Nigeria, Idoma / Boki

Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Lot: 193

Nigeria, Igbo

Four-figured shrine sculpture
Lot: 196

Nigeria, Igbo

Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
Lot: 197

Nigeria, Igbo

Standing female figure
Lot: 201

Nigeria, Benue, Jukun

Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child
Lot: 212

Nigeria, Yoruba

Commemorative maternity figure
Lot: 225

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa

Rare anthropomorphic helmet mask
Lot: 229

Cameroon, Duala / Bassa

Reliquary head "nlo bieri"
Lot: 234

Gabon, Fang

Male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot: 250

D. R. Congo, Hemba, Niembo style

Rare female bowl-bearing figure "kabila mboko", 2nd half 19th century
Lot: 255

D. R. Congo, Kanyok

Early and rare helmet mask "nnup" or "inuba", before 1910
Lot: 257

D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Southern Kuba

Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya"
Lot: 304

D. R. Congo, Pende

Very rare standing female figure
Lot: 308

D. R. Congo, Salampasu

Mask "kifwebe"
Lot: 313

D. R. Congo, Songe

Mask "ndeemba"
Lot: 316

D. R. Congo, Yaka

Throne stool with high backrest
Lot: 333

Tanzania, Doe