Open sale

In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 433 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!

Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo"
Lot: 3046787

Nigeria, Ibibio

Sickle knife
Lot: 3046467

D. R. Congo, Mangbetu

Storyteller with drum
Lot: 3044528

Trujillo, Mary, Chochiti

Anthropomorphic face mask "okua"
Nigeria, Idoma
3046479
Provenance Size Price
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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Sickle knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
3046467
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 16.7 inch 250 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Club ("knobkerrie") "ishungu", walking stick or dance wand
South Africa, Zulu
3046428
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 34.3 inch 450 EUR
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Door leaf with intact lock
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi / Nuna
3046427
Provenance Size Price
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden		 H: 46.9 inch; B: 22 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Convolute: neckrest, miniature drum and pipe
Ethiopia, Sudan, South East Africa
3046414
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Small figure "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
3046412
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden H: 9.8 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
3046409
Provenance Size Price
Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (acquired in Burundi, 1987)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden		 H: 6.7 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female miniature figure "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
3046405
Provenance Size Price
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden H: 6 inch 450 EUR
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Standing male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3046404
Provenance Size Price
Sven Gustav Lundqvist (1918-2010), Swedish sculptor and cartoonist
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden		 H: 9.4 inch 1000 EUR
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Ethiopian manuscript
Unknown author
3046402
Provenance Size Price
400 EUR
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Ethiopian manuscript, 18th century (?)
Unknown author
3046401
Provenance Size Price
300 EUR
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Coptic psalm book, ethiopian manuscript, 18th century
Unknown author
3046400
Provenance Size Price
400 EUR
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Reiseskizzen aus Nord-Ost Afrika
Brehm, Dr. Alfred Edmund
3046396
Provenance Size Price
400 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3046361
Provenance Size Price
Edgar Beer, Brussels, Belgium (1976)
Dr. Oettli, Switzerland
Koller, Geneva, 26 June 2013, Lot 119
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany (2014)
Markus Gunti, Berlin, Germany (2016)
Christian Kennert, Potsdam, Germany 		H: 15.6 inch 2400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
Nigeria, Igbo
3046360
Provenance Size Price
Italian Private Collection H: 20.3 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask with articulated lower jaw "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
3046359
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection, Munich H: 10.2 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Figure with fez-like headdress
South Africa, Nguni
3046332
Provenance Size Price
British Collection H: 8.7 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Container with lid
Madagascar
3046326
Provenance Size Price
British Collection H: 13.6 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Large water spirit mask
Nigeria, Ijaw (Ijo) - Kalabari
3046324
Provenance Size Price
San Francisco Collection, USA H: 17.7 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Very rare standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
3046323
Provenance Size Price
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium (1984)
Gerald Dannenberg, New York, USA
H: 66.1 inch 10000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Kitchen chest "mizuya dansu", Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
3046311
Provenance Size Price
H: 66.5 inch; B: 47.2 inch; T: 17.3 inch 1400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Throne stool with high backrest
Tanzania, Doe
3046298
Provenance Size Price
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Lempertz Brussels, 31 January 2018, Lot 235
German Private Collection		 H: 43.7 inch 15000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Helmet mask
Nigeria, Idoma
3046276
Provenance Size Price
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA H: 17.3 inch 3500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota
3046275
Provenance Size Price
Robert F. Reiff, Vermont, USA
Zemanek-Münster, 27 November 2010, Lot 506
Howard Nowes, New York, USA
Private Collection, New York, USA		 H: 22.8 inch 6000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Luba / Songe
3046252
Provenance Size Price
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 14.6 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Altar figure
Nigeria, Benin, Edo
3046203
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection H: 6.7 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Buffalo mask with articulated jaw
Nigeria, Igala / Idoma
3046110
Provenance Size Price
Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 19.3 inch 2200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
3046108
Provenance Size Price
Gerhard Mennen & Nancy Williams, Michigan, USA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA (Accession no. "66.447")

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 in about 1968.		 H: 11.4 inch 5000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Fan and two textiles with
India
3046048
Provenance Size Price
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley with kalao bird head
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3046034
Provenance Size Price
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany H: 7.5 inch 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rattle
Canada / Alaska, Tlingit
3046016
Provenance Size Price
L: 8.7 inch; B: 6.5 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Horned mask (house mask)
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro / Jimini / Ligbi
3046011
Provenance Size Price
H: 13.2 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female kifwebe" mask "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3046002
Provenance Size Price
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium H: 20.9 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dagger with flamed blade in wooden scabbard
Indonesia - Sumatra
3045994
Provenance Size Price
L: 20.5 inch 100 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi / Winiama
3045980
Provenance Size Price
American Collection, New York (1975) H: 10 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two miniature masks "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3045977
Provenance Size Price
Lithuania Collection (a)
Bruce Burt, New York City, USA (early 1980s) (b)
Phil Warish, Franklin NY, USA (b)
 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Idol, 19th century
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
3045974
Provenance Size Price
Skinner, Marlborough, 02 July 2018, Lot 1224 H: 3.3 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Protective figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
3045973
Provenance Size Price
Swiss Collection H: 10.2 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance club (puppet head)
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
3045971
Provenance Size Price
Old German Collection H: 16.9 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol / Chamba
3045969
Provenance Size Price
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany H: 40.6 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic vessel
D. R. Congo, Kuba / Dengese
3045966
Provenance Size Price
Redemptorists Fathers (Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), ca 1900
Missionshaus St. Johann, Blönried, Germany (1924 - 2013 Center of the Steyler Missionaries)
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands		 H: 6.3 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare handle vessel
D. R. Congo, Solongo
3045965
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Steyler Missionaries, collected around 1900
Missionshaus St. Johann, Blönried, Germany (1924 - 2013 Center of the Steyler Missionaries)
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands		 H: 9.1 inch 800 EUR
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Two anthropomorphic masks "okoroshi ojo"
Nigeria, Igbo
3045962
Provenance Size Price
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Allan Stone, New York, USA		 H: 9.4 inch; 12.6 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Convolute Ethnographics
Burkina Faso, Lobi
3045958
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany 200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
3045957
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany H: 6.7 inch / 14.6 inch (with beard) 250 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
3045956
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany H: 6.1 inch / 24.4 inch (with beard) 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3045955
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany H: 12.2 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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