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In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 432 objects from all continents and from European collections, which you can directly acquire at the minimum price.

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Anthropomorphe Figur "iagalagana"
Lot: 3046286

Nigeria, Mumuye

Staff finial
Lot: 3039576

South Africa, Nguni

Sitting female figure with child "eli mansa"
Lot: 3044954

Ghana, Ashanti

Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon / Nigeria, Cross River, Anyang (Banyang)
3047308
Provenance Size Price
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France (1970s) H: 10.8 inch 4000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male power figure "nkisi" or memorial figure, before 1914
D. R. Congo, Yombe
3047283
Provenance Size Price
Julius Gerberding, Saarbrücken, Germany (ca. 1920)
 H: 14.2 inch 25000 EUR
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Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3047266
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Jean Batiste Constant Vandewalle (1894-1986), Antwerp, Belgium
Felix Lauwers, Antwerp, Belgium (1963)		 H: 11.6 inch 1800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare courtly shrine figure, 17th/18th century
Nigeria, Ife
3047210
Provenance Size Price
Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 52.4 inch 26000 EUR
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Drum
Cameroon, Fang
3047196
Provenance Size Price
Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany H: 42.1 inch 1200 EUR
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Rare female figure
Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni / Cameroon, Fang
3047195
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 14.2 inch 5000 EUR
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Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
3047193
Provenance Size Price
University of Virginia Art Museum, USA (1980.47.11)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2007, Lot 155
American Private Collection		 H: 25.4 inch 5000 EUR
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Mixed lot ceramic objects
Mali, Inland Niger Delta / Djenne
3047190
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Herford, Essen, Germany, acquired in Djenne, 2001 (a)
Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany		 250 EUR
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Rare old shield
Togo / Benin, Tamberma (Batammaliba)
3047189
Provenance Size Price
Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany D: 12.8 inch 200 EUR
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Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047185
Provenance Size Price
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1956)
Ursula und Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany		 H: 10 inch 250 EUR
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Tunic of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
3047181
Provenance Size Price
Lance Entwistle, London, Great Britain M: 41.3 inch x 30.7 inch 2000 EUR
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Janus power figure "mpwau"
D. R. Congo, Teke
3047178
Provenance Size Price
Kim Redlich, Düsseldorf, Germany H: 17.3 inch 1200 EUR
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Rare cult figure "yanda" of the "mani" secret society
D. R. Congo, Azande
3047175
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 15.2 inch 1200 EUR
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Very rare figural stool
Burkina Faso, Kurumba
3047174
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 17.3 inch; D: 10.2 inch 1500 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè / Dan
3047173
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 12.6 inch 2000 EUR
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Mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Mama (Kantana)
3047172
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 17.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Hornbill mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
3047164
Provenance Size Price
British Collection (1960s/70s) H: 28.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
3047163
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 43.3 inch 6500 EUR
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Expressive face mask
Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo / Kru
3047150
Provenance Size Price
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark H: 14 inch 3000 EUR
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Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
Nigeria, Cross River Area, Idoma / Igbo
3047149
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Arne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark		 H: 17.7 inch 800 EUR
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Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Teke
3047148
Provenance Size Price
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark H: 19.1 inch 2500 EUR
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Seated female shrine figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047147
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Will Hoogstraate, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1982)
Christie's South Kensington, December 2, 1986, Lot 236
Neymeier, The Netherlands
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, Lot 326
German Private Collection		 H: 27.6 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two figural carved altar staffs
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047129
Provenance Size Price
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany H: 53.9 inch & 59.8 inch 800 EUR
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Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047122
Provenance Size Price
acquired by Harald Simons father (1962)
Harald Simon, Rüthen, Germany		 H: 17.7 inch 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Yams cult mask "mma ji"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
3047120
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Heinrich Siemers, Bayreuth, Germany (coll.1969/70 in Cameroon) H: 14.4 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shell currency "tambu" or "tabu"
Papua New Guinea - East New Britain - Tolai
3047109
Provenance Size Price
D: ca. 11.8 inch 1000 EUR
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Cult and prestige axe, before 1914
Tanzania, Luguru
3047105
Provenance Size Price
Karl Zeugner, Würzburg, Germany L: 19.3 inch (shaft)/ 11.2 inch (blade) 450 EUR
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Parade axe
D. R. Congo, Songe
3047104
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Swiss Collection, Zurich
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany		 L: 16.3 inch (shaft)/ 9.8 inch (blade) 2000 EUR
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Chief's staff "taiaha"
New Zealand, Maori
3047102
Provenance Size Price
L: 41.7 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sword "balato"
Indonesia - Nias
3047101
Provenance Size Price
L: 25.6 inch 450 EUR
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Rare ivory ornamental comb
Sri Lanka
3047100
Provenance Size Price
H: 3.7 inch; B: 2.8 inch 1500 EUR
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Men's breast ornament
Papua New Guinea, North Coast, Aitape Region, Wawapu
3047098
Provenance Size Price
German Collection, Berlin H: 9.4 inch; B: 8.7 inch 500 EUR
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Seated female figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047088
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Hans Schneckenburger, Munich, Germany
Rolf Huisgen, Munich, Germany (1974)		 H: 19.7 inch 800 EUR
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Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum (Fungom region), Wum
3047078
Provenance Size Price
Neumeister, Munich, 25 October 1974, Lot 227
Rolf Huisgen, Munich, Germany		 H: 12.6 inch 800 EUR
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Face mask "mbuya mbangu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
3047072
Provenance Size Price
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany H: 11.4 inch 1000 EUR
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Dance crest "ekpeshi"
Nigeria, Afo / Idoma
3047065
Provenance Size Price
Ketterer, Munich, Germany H: 11.6 inch 1500 EUR
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Fragment of figural carved staff
Nigeria, Ijaw (Ijo) - Kalabari
3047063
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Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg, Germany L: 24.8 inch 800 EUR
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Various fragments
Peru, Chimú-Inca-Culture
3047042
Provenance Size Price
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany (before 2007) H: 2.2 inch - 5.1 inch 250 EUR
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Bellied vessel with figure frieze
Peru, Chimu
3047039
Provenance Size Price
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany (before 2007) H: 9.4 inch 300 EUR
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Tripod
Costa Rica
3047031
Provenance Size Price
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany (before 2007) H: 6.1 inchn; D: 9.3 inch 250 EUR
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Smoking set with pipe "tabako-bon kiseru", Edo period, 19th century
Japan
3047016
Provenance Size Price
Allan Stone, New York, USA M: 4.1 inch x 11.8 inch x 5.1 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ritual gong "mokenge"
Gabon, Tsogho / Vuvi
3047013
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 19.9 inch 1000 EUR
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Orator's pulpit "kawa teget"
Papua New Guinea, Iatmul
3047007
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collected in situ by Grace Emily Munro (1879–1964), Sidney, Australia
Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
Dorotheum, Vienna, 4 December 2018, Lot 124		 H: 39.2 inch 12000 EUR
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Female mask with labret, before 1914
Tanzania, Lindi or Rovuma Districts, Makonde / Mwera
3047006
Provenance Size Price
Old German Colonial Collection H: 9.1 inch 3000 EUR
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Stehende weibliche Figur
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Bwaka (Ngbaka)
3046995
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection H: 13.2 inch 2500 EUR
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Anthropo- / zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré / Wobé
3046992
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection H: 12.6 inch 1800 EUR
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Face mask with dot painting
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Yacouba
3046980
Provenance Size Price
H: 8.9 inch 2500 EUR
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Rare anthropomorphic face mask "eku"
Nigeria, Benue River Valley region, Niger-Benue Confluence, Ebira (Igbira)
3046978
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Phlippe Ancart, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium		 H: 12.8 inch 3500 EUR
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Female trunk figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Sikasingo / Bembe (eastern) / Buyu
3046977
Provenance Size Price
Geert Hendrik van de Zee, Osstzaan, The Netherlands
Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands (2013)
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
German Private Collection 		H: 18.1 inch 5000 EUR
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Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), late 19th century
North Australia, Wardaman
3046794
Provenance Size Price
Isle of Man Collection L: 15.6 inch 2500 EUR
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