Current auction

94th Tribal Art Auction
2020-03-07

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Oceania, Asia and America. The Stockholm Tribal Art Collection of Peter Willborg (special catalogue). Art works from Africa and Oceani from the Swiss private collection of Walter Stanley Schwab. Pre-Columbian artworks from the German private collection of Anna Maria Posset.

Opening hours during the preview

Wed, Mar 4th to Fri, Mar 6th – 10 am to 7 pm
Sat, Mar 7th – 9 am to 2 pm

Highlights of the current auction

Headrest with classical ancestral representations
Lot: 1

Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik

Helmet mask "ndoli jowei" of the "sande" (or "bundu") society
Lot: 15

Sierra Leone, Mende, Sogande von Fuinda

Mask with tubular eyes
Lot: 34

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan

Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Lot: 40

Nigeria, Ibibio

Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
Lot: 43

Nigeria, Idoma / Boki

Mask with articulated lower jaw "karikpo"
Lot: 46

Nigeria, Ogoni / Ibibio

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Lot: 52

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki

Standing male figure "mukuya"
Lot: 71

D. R. Congo, Bembe

Standing female figure "mukuya"
Lot: 72

D. R. Congo, Bembe

Kneeling female figure with child
Lot: 73

D. R. Congo, Bwende / Dondo

Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona")
Lot: 75

D. R. Congo, Luba

Standing male ancestor figure "singiti" with hoe
Lot: 76

D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba

Power figure "nkisi nkondi"
Lot: 77

D. R. Congo, Yombe

Power figure "buti"
Lot: 82

D. R. Congo, Teke

Janus figure with prominent coiffure
Lot: 98

Angola / D. R. Congo, Border area, Ukwango Region, Kwese

Delicate head- / neckrest "mutsago"
Lot: 104

Zimbabwe, Shona

Rare war headdress "painale"
Lot: 122

Papua New Guinea, Western Province, Middle Fly District, Gogodala

Standing female figure, ca. 500-900 AD
Lot: 133

Mexico, Maya, Jaina

Sitting figure of the "Baby Face" type, ca. 1000-800 BC
Lot: 136

Mexico, Olmec

Mask face, ca. 1200-400 BC
Lot: 139

Mexico, Olmec

"Hacha" in shape of a human skull in profile, ca. 500-950 AD
Lot: 141

Mexico, Veracruz Culture

Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
Lot: 181

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Lot: 191

Akinola, son of Faleye, Nigeria, Yoruba, Joga Orile village

Grave figure "ntadi" in reflective posture ("fumani")
Lot: 199

D. R. Congo, Lower Congo province / Northern Angola, Bambona

Power Figure "nkisi / nkishi"
Lot: 200

D. R. Congo, Songe

Rare mask "okobuzogui"
Lot: 210

Guinea/ Liberia, Toma/ Loma

Staff with female figure "solima bere"
Lot: 216

Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region, Kolondiéba circle, village Fakola

Beautiful portrait mask "ndoma"
Lot: 227

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Lot: 229

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Maternité
Lot: 232

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head and bowl
Lot: 240

Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

Seated female figure
Lot: 245

Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo

Face mask "bla" (ram) or "tu bodu" (bush cow)
Lot: 248

Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure

Fetish object "bochio" with eight figures
Lot: 252

Benin, Fon

Anthropomorphic mask
Lot: 253

Nigeria, Iyekhoriomo Area, Edo-Bini

Male dance crest "aku wunu"
Lot: 267

Nigeria, Jukun

Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?)
Lot: 273

Nigeria, Northern Benue, Montol / Goemai

Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Lot:

Nigeria, Mumuye

Anthropomorphic mask
Lot: 279

Nigeria, Urhobo / Isoko

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Lot: 286

Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo

Rare reliquary figure "éyéma-o-byéri"
Lot:

Cameroon, Fang (Bane)

Anthropomorphic dance crest "mbaing"
Lot: 296

Cameroon, Ngambè-Tikar

Staff of office "kibango"
Lot: 331

D. R. Congo, Luba

Female kifwebe" mask "kikashi"
Lot: 343

D. R. Congo, Songe

Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
Lot: 345

D. R. Congo, Songe / Tetela

Female power figure "nkisi", before 1904
Lot: 355

D. R. Congo, Vili

Fetish figure "biteki", 19th/ 20th Century
Lot: 356

D. R. Congo, Yaka

Chief's stool with female caryatid figure
Lot: 359

Angola, Chokwe

Male ancestor spirit mask "chihongo"
Lot: 360

Angola, Chokwe

Chief's throne with figural decoration
Lot: 363

Angola, Chokwe