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Lot 1

KIFWEBE MASK

KIFWEBE - MASK OF SONGYE, DR Congo. Wood, carved and painted with color pigments. Curved mask with pronounced forehead and slightly receding chin,...

BRONZE HEAD OF AN ONI OF IFE, Nigeria, bronze, brown patina, life-size and naturalistically worked in slight stylization, the surrounding hairline...

A LARGE RELIEF: "King and warriors", bronze - yellow cast, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century; high relief, worked in the style of the Kin...

TWIN FIGURES / VENAVI, Togo, Ewe tribal art, carved wood and partially painted black and red, each mounted on a secondary pedestal. Two fully scul...

Lot 5

BENIN SPOON

LARGE SPOON / LADLE, bronze - yellow cast, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century, worked in the style of the Kingdom of Benin (West Africa / ...

MZIMBA, LAWRENCE (20th century), SHONA SCULPTURE: "Head", serpentine, fully sculpted head with stylised conical face in geometric design. The so-c...

LOCK / DOOR LOCK OF THE BAMBARA (Mali), with crossbar, mounted on a secondary metal pedestal. Lock of a granary with grown, encrusted patina and p...

3 ANIMAL SCULPTURES "LEOPARDS", bronze - yellow cast, gold-colored, green and white patina, 2nd half of the 20th century; leopards in the style of...

DASTANI, NYEDI (Cabo Delgado / Mozambique 1935-2005 Dar es Salaam / Tanzania), sculpture: "Mask", heavy tropical wood, carved and signed on the si...

Lot 10

CULT VESSEL

TRIPOT CAULDRON / CULT VESSEL, bronze - yellow cast, light brown patina, worked in the style of the Kingdom of Benin, West Africa / Nigeria. Cauld...

SHONA - SCULPTURE: "Squatting man", serpentine. Fully sculpted depiction of a squatting man in geometric forms. The so-called Shona sculptures fro...

ANCESTOR FIGURES / CULT FIGURES OF THE BAULE, Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivorie; wood, carved and mounted on an ebonized, secondary pedestal. Stylized s...

BRONZE FIGURE: "Sitting smoking woman", bronze, brown patina with light accents, grassland, Cameroon. Woman in stylized depiction sitting on a sto...

COLLECTION OF AFRICAN OBJECTS - 3 OBJECTS: Sculpture of the Makonde, oracle board of the Yoruba, stool of the Lobi, wood, carved. SCULPTURE of the...

SCULPTURE OF SAO: "Camel Rider", Africa, patinated yellow cast bronze. Equestrian figure worked in the style of an equestrian figure of the Sao / ...

PAIR OF SCULPTURES: IBEDJI OF THE YORUBA, Nigeria. Wood, carved and partially painted. Female and male twin figures from the Oyo region with scar ...

CULT FIGURE / ANCESTOR FIGURE OF A SENUFO, Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire / Mali: "Standing male nude", carved wood with remnants of paint, mounted o...

Lot 18

SCULPTURE

SCULPTURE OF THE MAKONDE "Carrier", tropical wood, carved and patinated. Figure of the Makonde, Tanzania. H. approx. 47 x W. 17 x D. 9 cm. From th...

PAIR OF BOARD CHAIRS / PLANK CHAIRS, Africa, 20th century, each made in two parts from slightly curved backrests and seats, the extension of which...

MASK WITH CHAMELEON, probably Bamum, Cameroon grassland (West Cameroon), bronze, brown patina. Domed mask, the forehead crowned by a fully sculpte...

FETISH FIGURE OF THE BAULE "SQUATTING MONKEY", wood, carved in slight stylization and mounted on a secondary ebonized pedestal. Gbekre / Mbra of t...

Lot 22

MASK

AFRICAN MASK WITH BONE INLAYS, tropical wood, carved. Stylized and open-worked wall mask. H. 32.5 x W. 9.5 x D. 6.5 cm.

Lot 23

BENIN BELL

FIGURAL BELL, Bronze - yellow cast, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century, worked in the style of the Kingdom of Benin (West Africa / Nigeria...

FIGURAL BELL, bronze - yellow cast, brown patina with gold-colored accents. Figural bell of the Bamun or Bamileke, Cameroonian grassland (West Cam...

SET OF 4 HEADRESTS, wood, carved, different types of wood, shapes and sizes, Africa, 1st half 20th century; including a figural headrest of the Ba...

Lot 26

BENIN LEOPARD

ANIMAL SCULPTURE "Leopard", bronze - yellow casting, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century; seated cat of prey in the style of the Kingdom of...

LARGE FIGURE OF BAMBARA: "Standing female nude", wood, carved and mounted on an ebonized secondary pedestal. Standing female nude with scarring an...

SCULPTURE OF THE BAMUN, Cameroon grassland (West Cameroon). A slightly squatting stylized male nude with scarification marks and raised arms with ...

Lot 29

BENIN PFEIFE

FIGURAL PIPE with animal head, cast bronze - brass, light brown patinated and worked in the style of the Kingdom of Benin (West Africa / Nigeria)....

Lot 30

FIGURAL SPOON

FIGURAL SPOON of the Dan, Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivorie; carved wood with grown patina. Tapering spoon with anthropomorphic handle. L. 19.5 cm (sign...

Lot 31

FIGURAL SPOON

FIGURAL SPOON of the Dan, Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivorie. Spoon with handle end in the shape of an anthropomorphic mask and tapered bowl. L. 27 cm (s...

SCULPTURE "SITTING" in the style of a ritual stick / edan stick of the Yoruba, Nigeria; bronze, brown patina. Sculpture in the style of a cult obj...

CULT FIGURE / FERTILITY FIGURE OF BALEGA / WAREGA, DR Congo / Zaire, wood, carved and painted red-brown and mounted on a secondary ebonized stand....

Lot 34

PRIMARY MONEY

MANILLE / AFRICAN PRIMARY MONEY, pre-coinage means of payment, so-called primitive money. Bronze, 1979.5 g (signs of age and wear). From the estat...

ANCESTOR FIGURE / CULT FIGURE of the Lobi, Burkina Faso. Wood, carved and mounted on an ebonized secondary pedestal. Female nude in stylized depic...

Lot 36

BENIN BELL

FIGURAL BELL: Head, crowned by a standing man. Bronze - yellow cast, brown patina, 2nd half 20th century, worked in the style of the Kingdom of Be...

3 SLINGSHOTS OF THE BAULE, Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivorie. Anthropomorphic slingshots with mascarons or Janus head, wood, carved and with grown patin...

SCEPTRE / RITUAL STICK / CEREMONIAL STICK of the Fang, Gabon, wood, carved, with mounted eyes and grown patina and mounted on a secondary metal st...

ORACLE BOARD OF THE YORUBA: "Opon Ifá", Nigeria, wood, carved. Round oracle board of an Ifa priest with patina from ritual use; the raised and sem...

FIGURAL PIPE / KUBA "NGOL MAKAY" PIPE, wood, carved and with grown patina. The pipe bowl worked in the shape of an anthropomorphic head over a Jan...

RITUAL STAFF "EDAN" OF THE YORUBA , Nigeria, bronze, light brown patina with green accents. Magnificent figurative ritual staff of the Ogboni secr...

ANIMAL SCULPTURE "ROOSTER", bronze - yellow cast, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century, cast according to historical models. A rooster stand...

Lot 43

BENIN VESSEL

CULT VESSEL, bronze - yellow cast iron, brown patina, 2nd half of the 20th century, cast after historical models in the style of the Kingdom of Be...

DOUBLE-HEADED STATUETTE "BETISE" OF THE LOBI, Burkina Faso, with grown encrusted patina and mounted on an ebonized, secondary base. Total height 5...

ANCESTOR FIGURE / CULT FIGURE OF THE LOBI, Burkina Faso. Wood, carved and mounted on an ebonized secondary pedestal. Stylized standing female stat...

Lot 46

AFRICAN DOOR

AFRICAN DOOR, wood, carved and with mounted brass plate. Board construction: frame with arched end and centered door, carved with latticework. The...

DASTANI, NYEDI (Cabo Delgado / Mozambique 1935-2005 Dar es Salaam / Tanzania), sculpture: "Water carrier", heavy tropical wood, carved and signed....

WINDOW, North Africa, 19th century, wood, sawn and carved. Window frame with hinged doors with metal mounts. H. 54.5 x W. 50 x D. 9.5 cm (traces o...

ANCESTOR FIGURE / CULT FIGURE of the Lobi, Burkina Faso. Wood, carved and mounted on an ebonized secondary pedestal. Standing stylized figure in e...

CULT FIGURE / CEREMONIAL HEAD of the Lobi, Burkina Faso, Yerifoula region. Stylized carved head with long neck and dark patina, mounted on a secon...

Trophäenschädel der Dayak, Borneo Aufwendig dekorierter Schädel, die gesamte Schädelkalotte flächig mit ornamentalen Reliefs beschnitzt, am Sche...

Trophäenschädel der Dayak, Borneo Aufwendig dekorierter Schädel, die gesamte Schädelkalotte flächig mit ornamentalen Reliefs durchbrochen beschn...

Große Ahnenfigur der Bamun, Kamerun Mit Textil überzogene Holzfigur eines Mannes. Die aufwendige Frisur, das farblich abgesetzte Gesicht, der Kö...

Maske der Bamun, Kamerun, 20. Jhdt. Aus Holz geschnitzte und farbig gefasste, grinsende Maske. Von zwei Leoparden mit Dienern bekrönt. Am Bart ...

Skulptur einer Familie, Kenia, 20. Jhdt. Ebenholz. Vielfigurige Darstellung einer Familie, bestehend aus acht Männern/Jungen und sieben Frauen/M...

Überlebensgroße Skulptur einer Frau, Kenia, 20. Jhdt. Ebenholz. Aus einem Stück geschnitzte Figur eine Frau (Massai?), der geschorene Kopf mit a...

Überlebensgroße Skulptur eines Mannes, Kenia, 20. Jhdt. Ebenholz. Aus einem Stück geschnitzte Figur eines Kriegers (Massai?), der Kopf mit ausdr...

Wildlederhemd, Sioux Wildlederhemd mit Stehkragen und vs. Knopfleiste mit vier Perlmuttknöpfen (einer beschädigt), die Knopfleiste vorne und der...

Wildleder-Kriegshemd, Prärie-Indianer Hemd aus an Ärmeln und Schultern rot gefärbtem schweren Wildleder, verschnürbarer Kragen mit Textilpaspel ...

Ein Paar Gamaschen, Prairie-Indianer Röhrenförmige Gamaschen aus Wildleder, vs. vernäht und am unteren Rand fransig eingeschnitten, im Knie-/Unt...

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