Open sale

In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 591 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!

Zoomorphic mask "siginkura-ayna"
Lot: 3041538

Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini / Ligbi

Heddle pulley
Lot: 3041536

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Memorial head
Lot: 3051056

Côte d'Ivoire / Ghana, Anyi (Agni) - Sanwi (Krinjabo)

Polychrome Cylinder Vase
Mexico, Maya
3051407
Provenance Size Price
Arte Primitivo, New York,
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany		 H: 7.5 inch; D: ca.3.9 inch 1000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Large seated dog, ca. 100 BC - 200 AD
Mexico, Colima
3051404
Provenance Size Price
Property of a private Pennsylvania Trust (acquired in the 1970s)
Arte Primitivo, New York
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany		 H: 10 inch; L: 13.2 inch 3000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Traditional ear ornament "mamuli"
Indonesia, Sumba
3051402
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 1200 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Senior female mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3051378
Provenance Size Price
Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, Lot 78 H: 11.2 inch 2500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Gio
3051375
Provenance Size Price
Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New York, USA
Allan Stone (1932-2006), New York, USA		 H: 10.8 inch 1600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle"
Liberia, Dan
3051368
Provenance Size Price
French Collection
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium		 H: 9.4 inch 7000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sword with figural hilt and scabbard
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
3051353
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 21.3 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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War club
New Caledonia, Kanak
3051351
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 29.3 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sword with scabbard
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
3051348
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 24 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sword with figurally carved wooden scabbard
Philippines - Luzon, Ifugao / Bontoc
3051341
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 19.5 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Chert flake knife and magical "pointing bone"
Central Australia
3051339
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 450 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two recades, dedicated to the thunder god Hebiosso
Benin, Fon
3051299
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 13.9 inch & 16.5 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shrine guardian in the shape of an "aso" dragon
Indonesia - Borneo, Kayan-Dayak
3051285
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 15.7 inch 3000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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War club
New Caledonia, Kanak
3051282
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 26.2 inch 900 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Traditional shield of a Sumba warrior
Indonesia - Sumba
3051279
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria D: 25.6 inch 1000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Finely carved top of a spoon
Indonesia - Timor
3051278
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 4.1 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Axe handle
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
3051276
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 24 inch 300 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare ceremonial sword "tjakit" with scabbard
Taiwan, Paiwan
3051271
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 25.8 inch 2000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Spearthrower "woomera"
Australia
3051269
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 22.6 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Three spear-throwers "woomera"
Australia
3051268
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 27.2 inch; 31.1 inch; 33.9 inch 1000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Parrying shield
South Eastern Australia
3051267
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 30.7 inch 2500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two fiddles "gusle"
East Europe - Serbia / Herzegowina
3051263
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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A pair of repoussé silver slippers
Northern India
3051262
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 10 inch 1500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Lime container with spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
3051260
Provenance Size Price
Felix Speiser (1880-1949), Basel, Switzerland
Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria		 H: 12.2 inch (calabash); 8.1 inch (spatula) 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Beaked battle hammer "totokia"
Fidji Islands
3051252
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 33.5 inch 1500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Set of bracelets
Benin, Fon
3051251
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 2000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Men's head ornament "sanggori"
Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja
3051242
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria B: 7.5 inch; H: 7.3 inch 1500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Pair of double circle sheet earrings "saru darlinga"
Indonesia - South Nias
3051241
Provenance Size Price
Alfred Weissenegger, Winklarn, Austria
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria		 B: 3.9 inch - 4.1 inch; H: 2 inch (each) 450 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Set of ear studs for women
Myanmar & Cambodia
3051239
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Pectoral disc "mas bulan"
Indonesia - West or Central Timor
3051238
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria D: 4.7 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Massive ritual mortar with "singa" head
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
3051237
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 17.7 inch; B: 7.1 inch 500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
3051233
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 6.7 inch 450 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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"Keris" with "jawa demam" hilt
Indonesia - Sumatra
3051177
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria L: 15.4 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Three spear-throwers "woomera"
Australia
3051174
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria 400 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Parrying shield
Australia
3051172
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 29.1 inch 300 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare dagger "si euli" with scabbard, 19th century or earlier
Indonesia - Nias
3051171
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection
Dorotheum, Vienna, 5 November 2014, Lot 221
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria		 L: 15.9 inch 2000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Head pendant
India, Naga
3051157
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 3.1 inch 500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Head ornament
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Tolai / Gunantuna
3051154
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria D: 10.6 inch / 6.7 inch (outside/inside) 400 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Leather shield
Ethiopia, Konso
3051143
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 41.7 inch 450 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shield "olono"
Kenya, Masai
3051141
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 37.8 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Fan "ili"
Samoa
3051131
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Baron C. von Vignau, Germany (coll. in situ, 1902 - 1905)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria		 H: 22.8 inch 900 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Engraved pearl shell "riji", "jakoli" or "longkalongka"
Australia, Western Kimberley
3051130
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 6.1 inch 800 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Engraved pearl shell "riji", "jakoli" or "longkalongka"
Australia, Western Kimberley
3051129
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 4.9 inch; B: 3.5 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Spatula with figurally carved handle
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
3051124
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 10.6 inch 500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Head of an ancestor figure "tau tau"
Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja
3051122
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 10.6 inch / 20.1 inch (total hight) 3000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Staff crowning with four mask faces
Angola, Chokwe
3051120
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 8.1 inch 5000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Scraper / knife with anthropomorphic handle
D. R. Congo, Lele
3051117
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 10.4 inch 1000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3051112
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 6.9 inch 900 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Staff with animal head
South Africa, Tswana
3051108
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 34.6 inch 500 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla"
Burkina Faso, Dagaaba (Dagaare / Dagari)
3051107
Provenance Size Price
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria H: 26 inch 1200 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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