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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.

See for yourself  in our online open sale catalogue, or visit us in our auction house in Wurzburg. We look forward to helping you!

Bellied vessel with figure frieze
Lot: 3047039

Peru, Chimu

Fragment of a title staff
Lot: 3027626

Nigeria, Ijaw

Mask
Lot: 3038408

Nigeria, Urhobo

Magic figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
3048442
Provenance Size Price
Private Collection, Spain
Fernando Pujol, Barcelona, Spain		 H: 8.5 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Suku
3048406
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection H: 13 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Paddle "foe"
Solomon Islands, Western Reef or Santa Cruz Islands
3048389
Provenance Size Price
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 124
Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany		 L: 65.4 inch 250 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Drum "bulup"
D. R. Congo, Kuba / Lele
3048384
Provenance Size Price
Neumeister, Munich, 16. November 2006, Lot 241
Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany		 H: 41.9 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female twin figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe, Agbagli Kossi (1934, Bé - 1994, Lomé)
3048370
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection, Hamburg H: 8.1 inch 300 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Shield, 19th century
Australia, Western Australia, La Grange Bay Area, Karadjeri
3048369
Provenance Size Price
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain L: 27.8 inch 3000 EUR
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Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
3048357
Provenance Size Price
German Collection H: 8.5 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female puppet figure
Nigeria, Igbo / Izzi
3048340
Provenance Size Price
Robert Banks, Washington, USA H: 19.3 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask face
D. R. Congo, Pende
3048333
Provenance Size Price
H: 8.9 inch 500 EUR
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Anthropo-zoomorphic mask of "mukanda" initiation
D. R. Congo, Pende, East
3048332
Provenance Size Price
H: 14.6 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3048329
Provenance Size Price
H: 12.6 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3048328
Provenance Size Price
André & Afo Guenneguez, France H: 12.8 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Club
Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands, Gulf or Morobe provinces, Anga
3048327
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection L: 26.8 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Double shell food bowl
Papua New Guinea, Admirality Islands
3048326
Provenance Size Price
Baptist Missionary Society, London, Great Britain L: 23.6 inch; B: 5.1 inch 1000 EUR
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Power figure
D. R. Congo, Ngombe / Ngbandi / Ngbaka
3048320
Provenance Size Price
collected in the D. R. Congo, Mongala Province, Lisala in the 1960s H: 10.6 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3048316
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 7.1 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3048315
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 8.5 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
3048314
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 7.1 inch 600 EUR
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Pineapple-headed club
Australia, Queensland
3048310
Provenance Size Price
British Collection L: 31.9 inch 450 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance crest with three heads
Nigeria, Igbo
3048307
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 10.2 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male figure with hoe, probably "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3048305
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 11.2 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Prestige cap "ashetu"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
3048301
Provenance Size Price
Jack Faxon (1936-2020), Detroit / Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA H: 7.1 inch; D: 7.1 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ceremonial club
Solomon Islands - Rennell Islands
3048297
Provenance Size Price
L: 12.4 inch 250 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Hand drum
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
3048295
Provenance Size Price
H: 20.3 inch 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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War club "pulata"
Papua-Neuguinea - Trobriand Inseln, Massim
3048293
Provenance Size Price
French Collection, Alsace L: 33.5 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two forks of outstanding quality
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure / Baule
3048292
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Maurice Pierre Lapalud (1868-1935), coll. in situ between 1925 -1930
SVV J.- E. Prunier, Louviers, "L'Exigence du Beau", 20 May 2018, Lot 252
Bruno Frey, Arnay-le-Duc, France

Lapalud, born on 22 September 1868 in Miliana, Algeria, was a French colonial official. After holding various positions in the colonial administration in the Congo and India, he was governor of Gabon in 1918 and made it to governor-general of French Equatorial Africa in 1920 before serving as governor of the Ivory Coast in 1925. A square in Abidjan bears his name.		 H: 8.3 inch 2000 EUR
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Spoon and fork
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3048291
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Maurice Pierre Lapalud (1868-1935), coll. in situ between 1925 -1930
SVV J.-E. Prunier, Louviers, "L'Exigence du Beau", 20 May 2018, Lot 251		 H: 7.1 inch & 8.3 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Two figurally carved staffs
Mali, Bamana
3048289
Provenance Size Price
French Private Collection L: 60.6 inch 400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930
Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon
3048280
Provenance Size Price
French Private Collection L: 24.7 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
3048276
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 22.8 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Round caryatid stool
Mali, Bamana
3048273
Provenance Size Price
H: 13.8 inch; D: 10 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Parade shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, Amhara
3048272
Provenance Size Price
French Collection D: 15.6 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male mask "nkang"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
3048270
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 14.6 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Tomb figure "ntadi" in the shape of a drummer
D. R. Congo, Lower Congo province / Northern Angola, Mboma
3048252
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection, Rüthen H: 12.8 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
3048250
Provenance Size Price
Christoph Krüger, Germany (coll. in the 1970s in the area around the village of Kanicombole, Mali) H: 9.6 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Early face mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Ibibio
3048249
Provenance Size Price
Hans van Drumpt, Maastricht, The Netherlands H: 10.8 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Beautiful tobacco pipe with anthropomorphic pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum / Bamileke
3048248
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection L: 19.3 inch 450 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
3048247
Provenance Size Price
French Private Collection H: 28 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Temne
3048241
Provenance Size Price
Helga Seidl (1928-2005), Austria / Africa H: 18.9 inch 450 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
3048238
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection H: 13.4 inch 900 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing figure
Gabon, Punu
3048237
Provenance Size Price
French Colonial Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, Lot 535
German Private Collection		 H: 12.8 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Ornamental comb with anthropomorphic head
Ghana, Akan / Agni / Baule
3048227
Provenance Size Price
Austrian Private Collection H: 6 inch 200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama (Winye)
3048221
Provenance Size Price
Kunsthandel Jagielski, Hamburg, Germany (1961)
H.G. Hannover, Germany		 H: 27.6 inch 1800 EUR
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Magic staff "tungkot malehat"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
3048216
Provenance Size Price
Austrian Private Collection (coll. in situ in the 1990s) H: 66.9 inch 6000 EUR
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Erotic scenes ("Shunga"), sheet "Goke" of the series "Imayo juni kagami"
Japan, Edo (Tokyo), Kiyonaga, Torii (1752-1815)
3048213
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Herbert Egenolf and Elizabeth Danechild, Ukiyo-e Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany / San Francisco, USA (1986) 2000 EUR
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Meat container
Philippines - Kankanay / Ifugao
3048211
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Luciano Federico, Italy

Luciano first visited the Philippines in 1978 with his Japanese wife Mayumi. They spent six months there, mainly in the mountain province of Luzon, where they collected many interesting pieces. From 1978 to 1984 he made at least more ten trips, travelling throughout the country.		 H: 11.8 inch; L: 10.2 inch 2000 EUR
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Male guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri"
Cameroon (South), Lokoundjé River Region, Fang-Ngumba
3048208
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Harvey & Anuschka Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 13 November 1982, Lot 317
Loudmer, Paris, 29 June 1989, Lot 388
Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria
Theo Poppmeier, Graz, Austria
Kevin Conru, Brussels, Belgium (2004 )
Cecile Kerner, Brussels, Belgium (2006)
Cédric Le Dauphin, Paris, France
Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 September 2012, Lot 61		 H: 22.8 inch 35000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female face mask
D. R. Congo, Yombe / Sundi
3048203
Provenance Size Price
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium ("FX 980800") H: 11.8 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic pole figure "okuli"
Nigeria, Koro
3048199
Provenance Size Price
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany H: 44.9 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Zoomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)
3048193
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection L: 12.2 inch 1000 EUR
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