Open sale

In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 460 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 for the "cham" dance
Lot: 3042111

North Nepal, Helambu Region

Standing male figure
Lot: 3047193

Cameroon, Kaka

Royal memorial figure "lefem"
Lot: 3040589

Cameroon, Bangwa

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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Tea service after English model, before 1920
D. R. Congo, Solongo
3046791
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.1 inch (tea pot), ca. 3.1 inch (cups), D: ca. 5.5 inch (saucers), B: 10.6 inch (bowl) 2000 EUR
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Headdress
Indonesia - Nias
3046790
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Steyler Missionaries, St. Johann, Blönried, Germany
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands		 H: 7.3 inch; B: 15.9 inch 1200 EUR
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Helemt-shaped headdress
India, Naga
3046789
Provenance Size Price
H: 12.2 inch 450 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
3046787
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Siegfried & Johanna Fügener, Stuttgart, Germany (acquired in the 1960s/ 80s) H: 7.5 inch 450 EUR
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Rare head sculpture
Cameroon, southern / Equatorial Guinea, Beti-Fang, Eton
3046782
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Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 5.5 inch 3500 EUR
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Rare metal shield "upwal"
Kenya, Turkana
3046768
Provenance Size Price
H: 21.1 inch/ 33.5 inch (carrying pole) 600 EUR
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Old metal shield "upwal"
Kenya, Turkana
3046767
Provenance Size Price
H: 32.1 inch 600 EUR
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Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
3046761
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Gallery Flak, Paris, France
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 284
German Private Collection		 H: 16.7 inch 2000 EUR
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Yam mask "idap"
Papua New Guinea, Maprik area, Abelam
3046758
Provenance Size Price
H: 12.6 inch 450 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Master of Gohitafla
3046756
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Madelyn Klein Anderson, New York, USA
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium (2018)		 H: 14.6 inch 25000 EUR
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Face mask "mbuya mbangu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
3046741
Provenance Size Price
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection (1998)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 150		 H: 9.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Standing female figure
D. R. Congo / northern Angola, Lwalwa (Lwalwu, Lualwa)
3046738
Provenance Size Price
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection (2002)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 153		 H: 20.7 inch 3500 EUR
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Friction oracle "itombwa" in crocodile form
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3046729
Provenance Size Price
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection (1982)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 148
 L: 15.7 inch; H: 3 inch 800 EUR
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Wheeled "kuruma tansu" storage chest, late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
3046728
Provenance Size Price
H: 44.1 inch/ 50.2 inch (with wheels); B: 57.9 inch; T: 26.4 inch 5000 EUR
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Staff with female figure "solima bere"
Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region, Kolondiéba circle, village Fakola
3046702
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Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany
American Private Collection		 H: 58.7 inch 4000 EUR
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Fetish figure "biteki", 19th/ 20th Century
D. R. Congo, Yaka
3046700
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Nancy & Gerhard Mennen Williams, Michigan, USA (as a gift to)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA (Accession no. "66.524")

Williams built his collection of West African art while serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the 1960s. He donated a part of his collection to The Detroit Institute of Arts about 1968. 		H: 7.1 inch 3000 EUR
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Female figure "waka sona"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Guro
3046699
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Manfred Emil Georg Schwarz (1914-1980), Munich, Germany H: 16.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo
3046688
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75) H: 19.6 inch 800 EUR
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Anthropomorphic dance crest "mbaing"
Cameroon, Ngambè-Tikar
3046648
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75) H: 24 inch 3000 EUR
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Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma
3046640
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75) H: 14.2 inch 1200 EUR
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Large disc-shaped deformation mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio / Eket
3046638
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection (coll. in situ, 1972-75) D: 15.4 inch 2000 EUR
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Mask "idimu" of the "bwami" society, pre-1930
D. R. Congo, Lega
3046628
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Belgian Colonial Collection (arrived in Belgium in the early 1930s) H: 9.4 inch 1000 EUR
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Kneeling figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3046531
Provenance Size Price
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland H: 5.3 inch 500 EUR
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Comb
Malawi / Mozambique / Tanzania, Yao
3046526
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Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 307") (1969) H: 4.9 inch 300 EUR
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Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3046524
Provenance Size Price
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 27") H: 14.4 inch 2000 EUR
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Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Northern Shaba Region, Maniema Area, Hemba
3046515
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Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Paris, France
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 212") (1980)		 H: 9.3 inch 1500 EUR
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Janiform power figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
3046514
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Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland ("305")
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 556") (ca.1978)
 H: 8.9 inch 1500 EUR
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Male fetish figure
D. R. Congo, Kusu
3046513
Provenance Size Price
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 214") H: 8.4 inch 800 EUR
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Fetish half figure
D. R. Congo, Hemba
3046512
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Han Coray (1880-1974), Zurich/Agnuzzo, Switzerland (according to W.S. Schwab / "HC" in graphite on the sculpture)
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland ("356")
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 515")		 H: 7.1 inch 600 EUR
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Female figure with magical appendages
Sierra Leone, Mende
3046509
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Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 162") (1977)		 H: 17.1 inch 1000 EUR
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Heddle pulley with buffalo head
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini / Senufo
3046506
Provenance Size Price
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 324") H: 5.9 inch 500 EUR
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Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3046505
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Charles Sollberger, Bern/Biel, Switzerland
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 401") (1962)		 H: 8.1 inch 300 EUR
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Small power figure "mbulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
3046500
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Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 258") (coll. in situ, 1968/69) H: 5.5 inch 250 EUR
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Anthropo- / zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré / Wobé
3046496
Provenance Size Price
Swedish Private Collection H: 10.2 inch 300 EUR
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Anthropo- / zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré / Wobé
3046495
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Olof Jarbe, Stockholm/ Sundbyberg, Sweden (1940/50)
 H: 11 inch 450 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Tanzania, Sukuma
3046494
Provenance Size Price
Swedish Private Collection H: 13.2 inch 400 EUR
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Anthropomorphic mask "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo
3046493
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Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden H: 10.4 inch 300 EUR
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Kneeling figure
Tanzania, Tabwa / Rungu
3046492
Provenance Size Price
Swedish Private Collection H: 10.8 inch 400 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "okua"
Nigeria, Idoma
3046479
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Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (received the mask as a present in Foumban, Cameroon, February 1976)
Moctar Touré, Conakry, Guinea (2009)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden		 H: 8.3 inch 1000 EUR
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Sickle knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
3046467
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 16.7 inch 250 EUR
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Two short swords "fa"
Gabon, Fang
3046465
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 21.9 inch / 22.2 inch 200 EUR
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Prestige axe "kilonda" or "kasuyu"
D. R. Congo, Songe / Nsapo
3046463
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 14 inch (shaft); B: 6.7 inch (blade) 200 EUR
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Anthropo-/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia, Dan / Wé-Kran
3046441
Provenance Size Price
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2001)
Swedish Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5. Novmeber 2016, Lot 213
 H: 12.6 inch 250 EUR
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Large mask with articulated jaw
Liberia, Grebo / Kran
3046439
Provenance Size Price
Private Collection, Sundsvall, Sweden (1960s)
Swedish Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, Lot 115
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden		 H: 26.4 inch 2000 EUR
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Helmet mask "ndoli jowei" of the "sande" (or "bundu") society
Sierra Leone, Mende
3046436
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Eric Grate (1896-1983), Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, Lot 122
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Grate was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphics artist.		 H: 15.4 inch 1200 EUR
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