Open sale

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.

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 door lock
Lot: 3037225

Mali, Bamana

Standing figure
Lot: 3048237

Gabon, Punu

Standing male figure
Lot: 3045969

Nigeria, Montol / Chamba

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
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Very rare standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
3046323
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Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium (1984)
Gerald Dannenberg, New York, USA
H: 66.1 inch 10000 EUR
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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
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Throne stool with high backrest
Tanzania, Doe
3046298
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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
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Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA H: 17.3 inch 3500 EUR
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Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota
3046275
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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
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Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 14.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Altar figure
Nigeria, Benin, Edo
3046203
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection H: 6.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Buffalo mask with articulated jaw
Nigeria, Igala / Idoma
3046110
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Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 19.3 inch 2200 EUR
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Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
3046108
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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
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Fan and two textiles with
India
3046048
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Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany 150 EUR
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Heddle pulley with kalao bird head
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3046034
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Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany H: 7.5 inch 400 EUR
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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
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Female kifwebe" mask "kikashi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3046002
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Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium H: 20.9 inch 2000 EUR
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Dagger with flamed blade in wooden scabbard
Indonesia - Sumatra
3045994
Provenance Size Price
L: 20.5 inch 100 EUR
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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
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Two miniature masks "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3045977
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Lithuania Collection (a)
Bruce Burt, New York City, USA (early 1980s) (b)
Phil Warish, Franklin NY, USA (b)
 800 EUR
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Idol, 19th century
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
3045974
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Skinner, Marlborough, 02 July 2018, Lot 1224 H: 3.3 inch 1000 EUR
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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
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two anthropomorphic masks "okoroshi ojo"
Nigeria, Igbo
3045962
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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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Mask "fumu" or "pumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
3045951
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany H: 11.8 inch 250 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male spirit figure
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
3045950
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Tretter, Germany (1973)
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany		 H: 11.2 inch 400 EUR
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Prestige axe
Nigeria, Tiv
3045945
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany H: 20.1 inch 200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Convolute weapons
Cameroon / Nigeria / D. R. Congo
3045944
Provenance Size Price
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany 250 EUR
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Dagger
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045940
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Henning Schmejkal, Holle, Germany (1978)
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany 		L: 16.1 inch 150 EUR
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Three parade knives "efamba" or "ikakalaka"
D. R. Congo, Konda (Ekonda), Mongo
3045939
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Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany (1977); (a)
Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany (a,b,c)
 400 EUR
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Fly whisk "nandwa blawa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3045934
Provenance Size Price
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany H: 47.2 inch 500 EUR
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Chief's ring with scorpion
Ghana, Ashanti
3045932
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Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany D: 0.8 inch; L: 4,0.8 inch 300 EUR
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Grave figure
Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn Area
3045885
Provenance Size Price
collected in 1978
Austrian Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, 5. November 2016, lot 262
German Private Collection		 H: 8.5 inch 800 EUR
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"Hollywood & Kerkmusiek", 2013
Hattingh, Marna (*1977), Cape Town, South Africa
3045883
Provenance Size Price
M: 27.6 inch x 39 inch / 29.1 inch x 40.6 inch 2500 EUR
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"Gossamer still life", 2017
Hoffman, Jeanne (*1978), Cape Town, South Africa
3045882
Provenance Size Price
99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa M: 33.5 inch x 25.6 inch 500 EUR
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"Kissing a bride through a veil", 2017
Hoffman, Jeanne (*1978), Cape Town, South Africa
3045881
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99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa M: 33.5 inch x 25.6 inch 500 EUR
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"Object of Affection", 2017
Hoffman, Jeanne (*1978), Cape Town, South Africa
3045880
Provenance Size Price
99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa M: 33.5 inch x 25.6 inch 500 EUR
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Portrait of a woman
Rain, Gavin (*1971), Cape Town, South Africa
3045879
Provenance Size Price
M: 39.4 inch x 39.4 inch 4000 EUR
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Figurally carved staff
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
3045720
Provenance Size Price
Old British Collection L: 17.7 inch 800 EUR
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Standing male figure
Papua New Guinea
3045619
Provenance Size Price
H: 20.1 inch 1000 EUR
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Ritual half figure
Papua New Guinea - Golf
3045618
Provenance Size Price
H: 24.8 inch 1000 EUR
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Water spirit headdress
Nigeria, Degema Region, Ijaw,
3045615
Provenance Size Price
L: 28 inch 1200 EUR
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Necklace with charm
D. R. Congo, Luba
3045584
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Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2003)
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany		 H: 2.6 inch (figure / 15 inch (necklace) 200 EUR
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Club ("snuff kerrie")
South Africa, Nguni / Zulu
3045412
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Sam Handbury-Madin, Shrewsbury, Great Britain L: 25.2 inch 200 EUR
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