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In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 513 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!

Palace door frame
Lot: 3035647

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamessing

Female power half figure "kakudji"
Lot: 3042778

D. R. Congo, Luba/Kusu

Figural group
Lot: 3040000

Cameroon, Kaka

Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon / Nigeria, Cross River, Anyang (Banyang)
3047308
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René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France (1970s) H: 10.8 inch 4000 EUR
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Head sculpture "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
3047306
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Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy H: 6.1 inch 2000 EUR
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Pair of figures "lü mä"
Liberia, southwestern Dan, Nuopie, Son (Zon) (ca. 1910/20-1985)
3047297
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Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy (coll. in situ 1978-80) H: 19.3 inch/ 20.5 inch (male/female) 5000 EUR
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Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society
Liberia, Bassa
3047296
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Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy (coll. in situ, 1978-80) H: 8.9 inch 1500 EUR
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Seated figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047294
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René (1920-1981) and Mercedes Lavigne, Geneva, Switzerland
Christie's, South Kensington, 24 March 1988, Lot 125
Edmondo Trombetta, Monza, Italy		 H: 14.6 inch 2000 EUR
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Parade shield "tafa"
Ethiopia, Amhara
3047291
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Italian Collection D: 18.5 inch 800 EUR
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Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
Mali, Dogon
3047290
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Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Swedish Collection		 H: 14.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Maternité, before 1920
D. R. Congo, Luba / Zela
3047287
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Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium H: 15.2 inch 1000 EUR
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Rare anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Kivu & Maniema, Nyindu / Eastern Bembe
3047286
Provenance Size Price
H: 10.6 inch 800 EUR
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Rare wrist guard "igitembe"
Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi
3047284
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H: 5.7 inch; B: 6.9 inch 500 EUR
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Male power figure "nkisi" or memorial figure, before 1914
D. R. Congo, Yombe
3047283
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Julius Gerberding, Saarbrücken, Germany (ca. 1920)
 H: 14.2 inch 25000 EUR
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Rare female figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Goma
3047282
Provenance Size Price
H: 10.8 inch 1500 EUR
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Figural tobacco mortar
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
3047280
Provenance Size Price
H: 6.1 inch 800 EUR
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Two prestige or display bottles
Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi
3047278
Provenance Size Price
H: 11 inch (each) 800 EUR
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Womans skirt
D. R. Congo, Dengese
3047276
Provenance Size Price
M: 55.9 inch x 29.5 inch 900 EUR
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Anthropomorphic mask
Zambia, Chokwe
3047275
Provenance Size Price
H: 12.6 inch 400 EUR
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Anthropomorphic mask "ishyeen imaalu"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047273
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.3 inch 1200 EUR
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Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Teke / Yanzi
3047272
Provenance Size Price
H: 14.8 inch 600 EUR
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Anthropomorphic palm wine cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047271
Provenance Size Price
H: 8.1 inch 1500 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
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Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
3047263
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Bren Heymans, Antwerp, Belgium
Belgian Private Collection		 H: 8.9 inch 8000 EUR
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Friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047256
Provenance Size Price
L: 12.2 inch 250 EUR
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Artistically engraved calabash
D. R. Congo, Pende
3047255
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Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 10.2 inch 1200 EUR
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Mask
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
3047254
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Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands H: ca. 19.7 inch (with beard) 800 EUR
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Whistle "nsiba" or charm with janus figure
D. R. Congo, Manyanga
3047245
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Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium H: 4.9 inch/ 8.3 inch (with horn) 3000 EUR
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Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3047244
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Klaus Böttger, Wiesbaden, Germany
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands		 H: 5.9 inch/ 9.8 inch (with horn) 2500 EUR
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Miniature mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
3047242
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Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, France H: 3.5 inch 1200 EUR
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Heddle pulley "kono" with horned mask face
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3047241
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already before 1939 in the art trade
Georg Kegel (1899-1974), Hamburg, Germany
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1997)		 H: 6.5 inch 4000 EUR
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Standing female figure
Angola, Luena (Lwena) / Chokwe
3047239
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Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Dutch Private Collection (2018)
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden		 H: 7.5 inch 3000 EUR
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Standing female figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047238
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Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany
Ludwig Schmidt (1920-1995), Munich, Germany (ca. 1970)
By descent through family (1995-2014)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA (2015)		 H: 21.7 inch 20000 EUR
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Staff "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3047235
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Georges Loiseau ("Maître Loiseau"), Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Loiseau (deceased 1991) worked as a notary public in Abidjan from 1953. Around 1957 he began collecting African art and made one of the largest collections of artworks from the Ivory Coast.		 H: 53.9 inch 4000 EUR
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Headdress "ekeleke"
Nigeria, Igbo
3047234
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Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France H: 17.3 inch 2000 EUR
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Rare harp head
Gabon, Tsogho / Lumbo
3047228
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Nicolas Roland, Paris, France
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France (2016)
European Private Collection		 H: 6.7 inch 2000 EUR
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Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
3047221
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Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 13		 H: 19.1 inch 1200 EUR
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Male altar figure "ndeo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3047220
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Simon Escarre, France
French Collection		 H: 23.8 inch 4000 EUR
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Rare courtly shrine figure, 17th/18th century
Nigeria, Ife
3047210
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Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 52.4 inch 26000 EUR
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Drum
Cameroon, Fang
3047196
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Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany H: 42.1 inch 1200 EUR
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Rare female figure
Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni / Cameroon, Fang
3047195
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French Collection H: 14.2 inch 5000 EUR
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Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
3047193
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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
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Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany D: 12.8 inch 200 EUR
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Shield and two boomerangs
Australia, Central
3047187
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Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany 600 EUR
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Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047185
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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
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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
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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
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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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Jaguar helmet mask
Unknown artist, Mexico, Guerrero, Zitlala, Nahua
3047168
Provenance Size Price
H: 10.8 inch; B: 13 inch 2000 EUR
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