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In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 486 objects from all continents and from European collections, which you can directly acquire at the minimum price.

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Stool with a pair of figures, around 1910/20
Lot: 3047823

Mali, Malinke

Status knife "ikul"
Lot: 3047573

D. R. Congo, Kuba

Tripod
Lot: 3047031

Costa Rica

Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047649
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 27.6 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047648
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 27.2 inch 150 EUR
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047647
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 28.3 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047646
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 27.2 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047645
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 27.2 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047644
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 24.8 inch 150 EUR
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Throwing knife
Chad, Sara-Laka / Cameroon, Musseye
3047643
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 24.4 inch 150 EUR
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Sword knife
D. R. Congo, Tetela
3047629
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 21.3 inch 120 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife
D. R. Congo, Ngombe
3047623
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 20.5 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife
D. R. Congo, Ekonda
3047621
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 18.1 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikul"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047573
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 14 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikul"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047555
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 13.8 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikul"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047540
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 13.8 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikul"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047539
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 18.9 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance and cult sword "ilwoon" or "ilondo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba - Bushoong
3047515
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 19.9 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikulintey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047512
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 13.2 inch 150 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Status knife "ikulintey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
3047510
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany L: 11 inch 150 EUR
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Anthropomorphic miniature figure
Mali, Dogon
3047474
Provenance Size Price
CO Hultén (1916-2015), Malmö, Sweden (CoBrAartist and Imaginist) H: 3.3 inch 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Face mask with articulated jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
3047467
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 6.5 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Antelope headdress "tjiwara" with human figure
Mali, Bamana
3047461
Provenance Size Price
H: 21.3 inch 500 EUR
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Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Guerzé / Kono
3047459
Provenance Size Price
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany		 H: 10.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
3047457
Provenance Size Price
Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany
Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, 19 September 2009, Lot 386		 H: 29.9 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Convolute of staffs, before 1914
Tanzania, Hehe
3047398
Provenance Size Price
Old German Colonial Collection, Berlin L: 49.2 inch - 62.2 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Barkcloth "masi bolabola", before 1920
Fidji Islands
3047397
Provenance Size Price
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany M: 90.6 inch x 17.3 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Zoomorphic helmet mask "vabon" ("va" or "vaa-bong")
Nigeria, Mumuye
3047395
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 20.1 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba
3047394
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 22.4 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ritual staff with anthropomorphic head
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047361
Provenance Size Price
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands H: 10 inch 500 EUR
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Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047352
Provenance Size Price
Susan & Jérome Vogel, New York City, USA H: 8.3 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3047343
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 15.7 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan or Wè-Guéré
3047340
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 9.8 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Face mask with forehead horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Toura
3047338
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 9.1 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female shrine figure holding a calabash
Ghana, Akan, Fante
3047337
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) H: 17.3 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two figures in colon style
D. R. Congo, Teke
3047316
Provenance Size Price
Old Colonial Collection, Lille, France (a)
Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium (2009) (a)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (a)

Max Willborg (1933-2001), Stockholm, Sweden (b)
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden (b)
Dirk Uythof, Delft, The Netherlands (1985-2015) (b)
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (b)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (b)

Pierluigi Peroni, Gallarate, Italy (a & b)		 H: 3.9 inch 1800 EUR
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Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon / Nigeria, Cross River, Anyang (Banyang)
3047308
Provenance Size Price
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France (1970s) H: 10.8 inch 4000 EUR
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Female power half figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
3047281
Provenance Size Price
H: 10 inch 1200 EUR
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Rare courtly shrine figure, 17th/18th century
Nigeria, Ife
3047210
Provenance Size Price
Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 52.4 inch 26000 EUR
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Rare female figure
Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni / Cameroon, Fang
3047195
Provenance Size Price
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
Provenance Size Price
Hans-Otto Glitza, Marl, Germany D: 12.8 inch 200 EUR
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Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047185
Provenance Size Price
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
Provenance Size Price
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
Provenance Size Price
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
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s) H: 15.2 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Hornbill mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
3047164
Provenance Size Price
British Collection (1960s/70s) H: 28.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Expressive face mask
Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo / Kru
3047150
Provenance Size Price
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark H: 14 inch 3000 EUR
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Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
Nigeria, Cross River Area, Idoma / Igbo
3047149
Provenance Size Price
Arne Hjelmslund Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark		 H: 17.7 inch 800 EUR
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Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Teke
3047148
Provenance Size Price
Knud Nielsen, Jelling, Denmark H: 19.1 inch 2500 EUR
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Two figural carved altar staffs
Nigeria, Yoruba
3047129
Provenance Size Price
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany H: 53.9 inch & 59.8 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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