Tribal Art Summer Sale

83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28

The image is featuring a nkisi power figure against small pox. It is a antique carving work by the Songe people, D. R. Congo; offered at the 83rd tribal art auction at Zemanek-Münster

Songe, D.R. Congo

Provenance:
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (collected in situ probably before 1938)
Paul & Ursula Seiler, Basel, Switzerland
Swiss Private Collection
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada

83. Tribal Art Auction - Wurzburg
Saturday, 28 May 2016 – 2 pm

The Nias collection of Dr. Heinrich Sundermann (1849-1919), a missionary of the »Rheinischen Missionsgesellschaft« 1875-1910 on the island of Nias. The second part of the colonial collection of Anton Handl (1875-1954), who was employed as a Bavarian medical officer of Cameroonian „Schutztruppen” in Ebolowa in West Cameroon from 1903 to 1909. Significant works of art from the Cameroon Grassfields.

Preview in Wurzburg
May, 25 until 27 – 10 am to 7 pm
May, 28  – 9 am to 1.30 pm