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In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 473 objects from all continents and from European collections, which you can directly acquire at the minimum price.

See for yourself  in our online open sale catalogue, or visit us in our auction house in Wurzburg. We look forward to helping you!

Mask
Lot: 3037975

Nepal

Rare club
Lot: 3045394

South Africa, Zulu

Standing figure
Lot: 3024304

Cameroon Grassfields

Excellent zoomorphic headrest "mutsago" in form of an antelope, 19th century
Zimbabwe, Shona / Tsonga
3045830
Provenance Size Price
Oliver Miller, Suffolk, Great Britain
Bishop & Miller, Suffolk, 4 July 2015
Finch & Co, London, Great Britain (2015)
Belgian Collection		 H: 6.1 inch 45000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Chair
D. R. Congo, Bembe II - Eastern Bembe
3045804
Provenance Size Price
H: 27.2 inch; D: 30 / 12.2 inch (seat) 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Divination bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3045777
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.4 inch 250 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare figural sculpture "izemize"
Nigeria, Ishan (Esan)
3045774
Provenance Size Price
Private Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (since around 1969) H: 62.6 inch; B: 22.4 inch 2500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Figurally carved staff
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
3045720
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection L: 17.7 inch 800 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female singer mask "nineagla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè / Guéré / Wobé
3045717
Provenance Size Price
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris (2002)
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 70
 H: 10.8 inch 3500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3045703
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 7.5 inch / 10 inch (with horn) 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Figure with pipebowl-shaped headpiece
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
3045702
Provenance Size Price
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 12.2 inch 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Handle of fly-whisk or fan
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045701
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland L: 14 inch 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Goldweight: two people playing the bean game "mancala"
Ghana, Akan
3045693
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 3.7 inch 450 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3045689
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 8.7 inch 800 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ritual object for personal protection
D. R. Congo, Songe
3045688
Provenance Size Price
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland H: 5.7 inch 800 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Beautiful heddle pulley "konantre" with janus head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045684
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 8.3 inch 450 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Fertility doll
Liberia, Bassa
3045682
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 10.6 inch 450 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Three-legged stool
Kenya, Kamba
3045669
Provenance Size Price
collected in Kenia, 1900-1910
British Family Collection
Gisela Rauch (died 1992), Bad Kissingen, Germany 		H: 11.4 inch 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rattle staff "ukhurhe"
Nigeria, Benin
3045665
Provenance Size Price
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland H: 29.1 inch 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ceremonial ax "kibiki" or "kasolwa"
D. R. Congo, Luba
3045664
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection
Sotheby's, Paris, 13 June 2018, Lot 83		 L: 16.1 inch (shaft) / 9.1 inch (blade) 6000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Drum
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045662
Provenance Size Price
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 18.9 inch; D: 9.8 inch / 12.2 inch 2500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ritual gong "mokenge"
Gabon, Tsogho
3045658
Provenance Size Price
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 17.3 inch 1000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female figure "tasé"
Burkina Faso, Turka
3045652
Provenance Size Price
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2005)
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
 H: 6.9 inch 1500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Container with horse head
Mali, Dogon
3045651
Provenance Size Price
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland (1969)
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 L: 23.2 inch 2000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3045646
Provenance Size Price
collected around 1960
Bohumil Holas, Abidjan/ Zurich, Nigeria/ Switzerland
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland		 H: 11.4 inch 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Mask "gu" with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3045644
Provenance Size Price
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland (1960)
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
 H: 11.2 inch 1200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Vuvi / Tsogho
3045642
Provenance Size Price
L' Abbaye Blanche, Mortain, France (Nunnery of Cistercian nuns)
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 11.4 inch 4000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
3045640
Provenance Size Price
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 10.2 inch 3000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Small face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
3045639
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 8.7 inch 1500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
3045638
Provenance Size Price
René Salanon, Paris, France
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1969)
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland		 H: 11.4 inch 1500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare terracotta figure
Chad, Sao
3045635
Provenance Size Price
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland H: 25.6 inch 3000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Water spirit headdress
Nigeria, Degema Region, Ijaw,
3045615
Provenance Size Price
L: 28 inch 1200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Zoomorphic heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045613
Provenance Size Price
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA H: 9.1 inch 2000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Oracle figure "kafigelejo" ("kafigeledio")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3045609
Provenance Size Price
Marshall Ward Mount, Jersey City, NJ / New York City, NY, USA H: 19.9 inch / 27 inch (with arms) 3000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
3045600
Provenance Size Price
acquired in Brussels, 1965
German Private Collection, Würzburg		 H: 3.3 inch / 8.3 inch (with beard) 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Chieftain sword
D. R. Congo, Lobala
3045546
Provenance Size Price
L: 21.3 inch 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sculpture of a "mimih" spirit
Kuningbal, Crusoe (1922-1984), Western Arnhem Land, Kuninjku
3045426
Provenance Size Price
H: 36.2 inch 1200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Club ("snuff kerrie")
South Africa, Nguni / Zulu
3045412
Provenance Size Price
Sam Handbury-Madin, Shrewsbury, Great Britain L: 25.2 inch 200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
3045411
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection (before 1945) H: 16.5 inch 1500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré / Kran
3045408
Provenance Size Price
Private New York Collection (1960s) H: 12.2 inch 1500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Portrait of a beautiful woman "bijin"
Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III (1786-1865), Tokio, Japan
3045403
Provenance Size Price
Herbert Egenolf and Elizabeth Danechild, Ukiyo-e Gallery, Düsseldorf / San Francisco, Germany / USA (1986) 2200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two erotic scenes ("shunga"), 1770-90
Katsukawa, Shuncho (active 1770-1790), Edo (Tokio), Japan
3045401
Provenance Size Price
Herbert Egenolf and Elizabeth Danechild, Ukiyo-e Gallery, Düsseldorf / San Francisco, Germany / USA (1986) 2000 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Western Kasai
3045396
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Ursula und Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany		 H: 13.8 inch 900 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare club
South Africa, Zulu
3045394
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection L: 16.9 inch 3500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Snuff container
South Africa, Zulu / Nguni
3045392
Provenance Size Price
D: 2.8 inch 200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shield
D. R. Congo, Soko / Lokele
3045388
Provenance Size Price
H: 37.8 inch; B: 15.9 inch 800 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shield
Kenya, Turkana
3045387
Provenance Size Price
H: 28.9 inch; B: 7.5 inch - 11.8 inch 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shield
Sudan, Nilotic group, Dinka / Nuer / Shilluk
3045386
Provenance Size Price
H: 28.5 inch 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Spearthrower "woomera"
Australia
3045385
Provenance Size Price
Douglas Barrett, London, Great Britain L: 23 inch 600 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Bowlheaded club "knobkerrie"
South Africa, Zulu
3045384
Provenance Size Price
British Collection L: 29.1 inch 500 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rootstock club "nokonoko"
Fidji Islands
3045383
Provenance Size Price
German Collection L: 45.3 inch 2200 EUR
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Sword with scabbard
Gabon, Fang
3045378
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection
David Patty, Great Britain		 L: 22.6 inch 1200 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Pair of earplugs
India, Naga
3045377
Provenance Size Price
Thomas Morbe, Frankfurt am Main, Germany H: 1.2 inch: D: 1.1 inch 400 EUR
plus 21 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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