Open sale

In our depot in Wurzburg you can find tribal art from past auctions - more than 445 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!

Mask "fumu" or "pumbu"
Lot: 3045951

D. R. Congo, Pende

Ritual staff with anthropomorphic head
Lot: 3047361

Nigeria, Yoruba

Status knife
Lot: 3047623

D. R. Congo, Ngombe

Memorial figure for the dead "rambaramp"
Vanuatu, Southern Malakula
3049000
Provenance Size Price
Henri L. Schouten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Los Angeles, USA (1979) H: 38.2 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance crest with chameleon
Nigeria, Afo
3048992
Provenance Size Price
German Collection H: 8.3 inch 800 EUR
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Dagger knife in wooden sheath
Zimbabwe, Shona
3048989
Provenance Size Price
German Collection, Berlin L: 14.6 inch (knife); 16.1 inch (with sheath) 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Miniature mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik River / Lower Ramu River
3048987
Provenance Size Price
H: 5.5 inch 600 EUR
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Beautiful bell "dibu" ("ndibu")
D. R. Congo, Yombe / Vili
3048985
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Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium H: 5.3 inch 4000 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Master of Gohitafla
3048979
Provenance Size Price
Butterfield and Butterfield (ca.1965)
Private American Collection (1965-2018)
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
German Private Collection 		H: 11.8 inch 20000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
3048978
Provenance Size Price
German Collection H: 20.1 inch 2000 EUR
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Dignitary staff
Angola, Ovimbundu / Lwimbi
3048977
Provenance Size Price
Dutch Collection H: 35 inch 1500 EUR
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Maternité
D. R. Congo, Bwende
3048969
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Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium H: 6.8 inch 1200 EUR
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Head- / neckrest "izigqiki / "isigqiki
South Africa, Zulu
3048958
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Mathies, South Africa
Wolf-Dieter Miersch, Langenhagen, Germany (1999)
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany (2001)		 B: 18.5 inch; H: 10 - 4.3 inch 800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female puppet figure, before 1920
Malawi, Nyanja-Maravi / Yao
3048953
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Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
George Stephan, Hamburg, Germany		 H: 27.2 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Staff figure "kundul"
Nigeria, Wurkun
3048946
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Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, Lot 353 H: 15.9 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic sculpture "tino aitu"
Micronesia - Caroline Islands, Nukuoro Atoll
3048939
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 17.1 inch 10000 EUR
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Standing male figure "bulul", early 20th century
Philippines - Province Ifugao, Hapao
3048938
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Floy Quintos, Manila , Philippines (2012) H: 17.3 inch 2500 EUR
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Mirror case
Nigeria, Yoruba
3048922
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Lauritz Sunde (1910-1979), Copenhagen, Denmark
Christophe Rolley, Bagneux, France		 M: 10.8 inch x 7.9 inch 7000 EUR
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Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe - Tetela
3048921
Provenance Size Price
French Collection H: 13.8 inch (with horn) 4000 EUR
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Miniature figure
Côte d'Ivoire / Burkina Faso, Senufo
3048919
Provenance Size Price
Dutch Private Collection (acquired in Amsterdam in 1990) H: 2 inch 600 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Bwaka (Ngbaka) / Mbanja
3048915
Provenance Size Price
Belgian Private Collection H: 10.6 inch 2500 EUR
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Face mask with large female figure "satimbe"
Mali, Dogon
3048912
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Kunst Kabinet, Noordeinde, The Hague, The Netherlands (1987)
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands		 H: 47.6 inch 5000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Fly whisk
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3048903
Provenance Size Price
L: ca. 22.4 inch (with horse tail) 1200 EUR
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Fly whisk
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3048902
Provenance Size Price
L: ca. 38.2 inch (with horse tail) 1500 EUR
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Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
3048896
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Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, Lot 604		 H: 9.3 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
3048894
Provenance Size Price
H: 11.2 inch 2500 EUR
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Anthropomorphic hand-mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
3048892
Provenance Size Price
Swiss Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, Lot 472		 H: 8.7 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
3048890
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Schiller Art Gallery (Gregory Verdonck & Jean-Marc Desaive), Brussels, Belgium H: 11.8 inch 3000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland, Tabar Island
3048889
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Jean Bienaymé, France
de Ricqlès, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 25 March 2001, Lot 82
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France		 H: 15.4 inch 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Kran
3048887
Provenance Size Price
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France H: 9.6 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Magic scroll
Ethiopia
3048884
Provenance Size Price
L: 38.2 inch; B: ca. 3.7 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Nkanu / Zombo
3048883
Provenance Size Price
American Collection H: 7.1 inch 500 EUR
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Antelope dance crest "tjiwara" with cap
Mali, Bamana
3048880
Provenance Size Price
American Collection H: 16.9 inch 2000 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
3048879
Provenance Size Price
American Collection H: 14.2 inch 3000 EUR
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Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
3048876
Provenance Size Price
Marc Isaacson and Greg Nacozy Collection, USA H: 9.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Standing female figure "pindi", around 1930
D. R. Congo, Mbala
3048874
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Lane Berk, Baltimore, USA
Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA (2018)
Private New York Collection		 H: 9.8 inch 1200 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Small betel mortar
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
3048872
Provenance Size Price
Daniele Zanette, DZ Galerie, Nice, France H: 3.3 inch; B: 3 inch 450 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
3048858
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Jan Schneider, Buchbach, Germany H: 9.3 inch 500 EUR
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
3048822
Provenance Size Price
Nagel, Stuttgart, 26 April 1996, Lot 2856
German Private Collection		 H: 11.8 inch 600 EUR
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Two ornaments
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
3048817
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John Friede, Rye, USA
presumably ex Nelson A.Rockefeller (1908-1979) New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Nelson Rockefeller founded the Museum of Primitive Art in 1954 and donated his own collection of Tribal Art. The museum closed in 1976, and its collections were transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.		 H: 8.1 inch / 8.7 inch (ornament), L: 24.8 inch & 26.8 inch (sticks) 2500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Magic figure
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak
3048816
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 14.6 inch 700 EUR
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Oracle object
D. R. Congo, Tabwa / Rungu
3048813
Provenance Size Price
American Museum Collection H: 7.1 inch 500 EUR
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Water spirit mask "otobo" (hippopotamus)
Nigeria, Ijaw (Ijo)
3048811
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Ursula Voorhuis, Sint Agathe, The Netherlands
Dutch Private Collection (acquired in 1978, family owned since)
Srdjan Sremac, Den Haag, The Netherlands		 H: 15 inch 4500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Dance emblem for show and prestige purposes
Nigeria, Igbo
3048810
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Robert Banks, Washington, USA M: 27.6 inch x 9.8 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
3048808
Provenance Size Price
American Museum Collection
 H: 10.6 inch 1000 EUR
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Mask "okoroshioma"
Nigeria, Igbo
3048807
Provenance Size Price
H: 13.2 inch 1000 EUR
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Face mask with articulated jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
3048805
Provenance Size Price
American Private Collection H: 9.4 inch 800 EUR
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Figural couple
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
3048804
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Jean Yves Coué, Nantes, France
Jean-Louis Capuno, Lannion, France
Pousse-Cornet-Valoir, Blois,14 December 2020, Lot 281		 H: 16.1 inch & 16.9 inch 4500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Figurative pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
3048800
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Helmuth & Marianne Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland H: 5.7 inch 400 EUR
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Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga")
D. R. Congo, Lega
3048798
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Ader-Picard-Tajan, Nouveau Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1988, Lot 98 H: 7.9 inch 1500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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dropped
3048771
Provenance Size Price
800 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Male figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
3048708
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection H: 22.2 inch 500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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Seated female figure
Ghana, Akan
3048706
Provenance Size Price
German Private Collection H: 17.7 inch 250 EUR
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