Open sale

In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 583 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!

Stela-shaped vessel support
Lot: 3040036

Nigeria, Nupe

Zoomorphic mask "sukun"
Lot: 3043265

Mali, Bamana

Mask "ngoin"
Lot: 3045132

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke

Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Ibibio / Efik or Efut
3046642
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 15.4 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma / Boki
3046641
Provenance Size Price
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 11.4 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Urhobo / Isoko
3046634
Provenance Size Price
David Norden, Antwerp, Belgium
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
 H: 17.9 inch 3000 EUR
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Anthropo-zoomorphic mask (monkey)
D. R. Congo, Eastern Congo, Maniema & Kivu, Shi / Lega
3046629
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.3 inch 1000 EUR
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Mask "idimu" of the "bwami" society, pre-1930
D. R. Congo, Lega
3046628
Provenance Size Price
Belgian Colonial Collection (arrived in Belgium in the early 1930s) H: 9.4 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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"Bwami" society mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
3046627
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.8 inch 1200 EUR
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Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society
Liberia, Bassa
3046626
Provenance Size Price
Christophe Rolley, Bagneux, France (2019) H: 8.7 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan - Yacouba
3046625
Provenance Size Price
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium H: 9.1 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona")
D. R. Congo, Luba
3046624
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Dandoy, Belgium H: 15.4 inch 4000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Janusfaced helmet mask "ibulu lya alunga" or "echwaboga" ("echawokaba")
D. R. Congo, Eastern Bembe
3046623
Provenance Size Price
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 15.7 inch 2400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male face mask "shifola"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa / Lualwa
3046622
Provenance Size Price
Swiss Collection H: 11.8 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Mask for the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Eket
3046621
Provenance Size Price
H: 9.1 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Large anthropomorphic mask
Tanzania, Sukuma
3046620
Provenance Size Price
Belgian Private Collection H: 16.5 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Expressive buffalo mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
3046619
Provenance Size Price
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium H: 21.9 inch 3400 EUR
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Standing female figure with a hoe
Angola, Chokwe
3046618
Provenance Size Price
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium H: 22.8 inch 5000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3046617
Provenance Size Price
Belgian Private Collection H: 22.4 inch 800 EUR
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Male dance crest "aku wunu"
Nigeria, Jukun
3046616
Provenance Size Price
Moses Asch (1905-1986), New York, USA (Plattenproduzent u. a. von Woody Guthrie) H: 20.9 inch 8000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe / Tetela
3046613
Provenance Size Price
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium H: 16.1 inch / 22.8 inch (with horn) 6000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Chief's staff "taiaha"
New Zealand, Maori
3046605
Provenance Size Price
Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, France L: 50.8 inch 1800 EUR
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Bird headdress "a-bemp", "a-bämp" or "koni"
Guinea, Baga
3046599
Provenance Size Price
Argiles, Paris, France (2007)
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA		 H: 20.1 inch 2400 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma
3046598
Provenance Size Price
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 March 2017, Lot 263
 H: 16.1 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female antelope headdress with fawn "tjiwara" or "sogonikun"
Mali, Bamana
3046597
Provenance Size Price
Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, France H: 20.5 inch 6000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Neckrest "isigqiki"
South Africa, Zulu
3046596
Provenance Size Price
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden H: 4.3 inch; L: 13.6 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Neckrest "isigqiki"
South Africa, Zulu
3046595
Provenance Size Price
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden H: 5.9 inch; L: 16.9 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male power figure "tege"
D. R. Congo, Teke
3046593
Provenance Size Price
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France H: 15.7 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "bagle" or "zakpai" ("fire guardian")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3046590
Provenance Size Price
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France H: 9.8 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Three finely worked ornamental combs "cisakulo"
Angola, Chokwe
3046588
Provenance Size Price
H: 4.9 inch/ 5.6 inch/ 5.9 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male ancestor spirit mask "chihongo"
Angola, Chokwe
3046587
Provenance Size Price
Portuguese Collection H: 9.4 inch 5000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Chief's throne with figural decoration
Angola, Chokwe
3046585
Provenance Size Price
French Collection M: 13.2 inch x 13.4 inch (seat); H: 30.1 inch 8000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
3046583
Provenance Size Price
Georges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland H: 26 inch 4000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?)
Nigeria, Northern Benue, Montol / Goemai
3046582
Provenance Size Price
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden L: 23.6 inch 3800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
3046579
Provenance Size Price
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands H: 10.2 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Fetish object "bochio" with eight figures
Benin, Fon
3046578
Provenance Size Price
Private New York Collection, USA
Wilbur & Linda Tuggle, Chicago, USA
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
W.Tuggle (deceased 1998) was one of Chicago's leading collectors of African and African-American art.		 H: 12 inch 4500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3046576
Provenance Size Price
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA H: 17.3 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head and bowl
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
3046575
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Louis Carré (1897-1977), Paris, France
René Rasmussen, Paris, France (1971)
Leo & Karin van Oosterom, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dirk Uythof, The Hague, The Netherlands (1983-2018)		 H: 8.7 inch 4000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male power figure "nkisi/ nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
3046573
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Consul Jean Thouvenin, Nancy, France
Will Hoogstraate (1917-2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1970s)
Serge Reynes, Bagnolet, France

Hoogstraate bought his first African objects at the age of sixteen, an "ibeji" pair, in 1933 from Lemaire.
From 1960 to 1987 he directed the internationally renowned Galerie d'Eendt in Amsterdam, which specialized in modern art and exhibited renowned artists such as Bernard Buffet, Picasso, Karel Appel and Geer van Velde.
Together with his wife he dedicated his life to collecting African and precolumbian art. 		H: 18.1 inch / 22 inch (with horn) 8000 EUR
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Stirrup vessel: warrior, ca. 300-400 AD
Peru, Moche III- IV
3046567
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Galerie Gerdes, Munich, Germany
Anna Maria Posset (1922-2018), Würzburg / Miltenberg, Germany (acquired between 1975 - 1985)		 H: 9.6 inch 600 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3046558
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Old German Collection
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany (2006)		 H: 11.4 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Seated female figure
Ghana, Akan
3046557
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Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany H: 21.7 inch 1500 EUR
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Kneeling figure "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
3046531
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Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland H: 5.3 inch 500 EUR
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Comb
Malawi / Mozambique / Tanzania, Yao
3046526
Provenance Size Price
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 307") (1969) H: 4.9 inch 300 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
Provenance Size Price
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 162") (1977)		 H: 17.1 inch 1000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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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
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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