Auction 105 2025-11-15 Auction - 393 Price Results - Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Muenster in Bavaria - Page 8
Excellent "malagan" figure, before 1899 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New IrelandFigurative Urn, ca. 300 - 800 AD - Mexico, Zapotecs, Oaxaca, Monte Albán IIIAnthropomorphic face mask "pongdudu" or "kpongadomba" - D. R. Congo, Boa
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Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Auction Details

Auction 105

AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA, PRE-COLUMBIA AND ANTIQUITIES The African Collection of Werner and Lotte Krause, Hamburg. Ancient American ceramics from German private collections, including the collection of A. and B. Schirmer. Works from the historic Pacific collections of Henry Erfeling and Hubert Geisler. The prehistoric stone collection of John and Marcia Friede (Part 1).
Auction Curators:
Dr. David Zemanek
Expert for African and Oceanic Art
Howard Nowes
Expert for Pre-Columbian and Classical Antiquities
Maskette - Papua New Guinea - Ramu River: wood, pigment, base H: 22,5 cm, H: 8,9 inch Provenance: French Collection Continent: Oceania
0171: Maskette - Papua New Guinea - Ramu RiverEst. €2,000-€4,000Lot Passed
Bone dagger - Papua New Guinea - Sepik: cassowary bone, H: 38,5 cm, H: 15,2 inch Provenance: Heinrich Ahlvers, Germany Lit.: Peltier, Philippe et.al., Tanz der Ahnen, Zürich 2015, p. 306 Continent: Oceania
0178: Bone dagger - Papua New Guinea - SepikEst. €450-€900Lot Passed
Hand drum "kundu" - Papua New Guinea - Sepik: wood, colour pigments, reptile skin, tension ring missing H: 75 cm, H: 29,5 inch Provenance: Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Continent: Oceania
0179: Hand drum "kundu" - Papua New Guinea - SepikEst. €1,500-€3,000Lot Passed
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War club "afui" or "alafolo" - Solomon Islands - Malaita: wood, white pigment, H: 72 cm, H: 28,3 inch Provenance: German Collection, Berlin Lit.: Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, ill. 65 Continent: Oceania
0184: War club "afui" or "alafolo" - Solomon Islands - MalaitaEst. €800-€1,600
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Club "supe" - Solomon Islands - Malaita: reddish brown wood, base L: 81 cm, L: 31,9 inch Provenance: Bonhams, Chelsea, England, 24 March 1993, lot 182 Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 28 June 2014, lot
0185: Club "supe" - Solomon Islands - MalaitaEst. €800-€1,600
Paddle - Austral Islands: wood, rest. Most Austral Island paddles are dated roughly between 1820 to 1840, mostly made probably on the Island of Raivavae, and are generally described as made for trade items. Their original
0186: Paddle - Austral IslandsEst. €1,000-€2,500Lot Passed
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Doll "ittarma" - Russia - West Siberia, Khanty: wood, coin, base The "ittarma" dolls, made by the Chanten and Mansen, served as temporary shelters for the souls of the deceased and were revered accordingly. The ‘"ittarma" were kept either in
0191: Doll "ittarma" - Russia - West Siberia, KhantyEst. €400-€800
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"Hututu" katsina doll, ca. 1940 - North America, Hopi: cottonwood root, washed clay (kaolin), black and polychrome pigments, inventory no. "S602" In the cultures of the Hopi, Zuni and other Pueblo Indians in the southwestern United States, "kachina",
0196: "Hututu" katsina doll, ca. 1940 - North America, HopiEst. €1,500-€3,000
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Miniature "katsina" doll - North America, Hopi / Zuni: wood (poplar root wood), color pigments, H: 9 cm, H: 3,5 inch Provenance: German Private Collection Continent: America
0197: Miniature "katsina" doll - North America, Hopi / ZuniEst. €400-€800
Anthropomorphic trumpet - Sierra Leone, Limba: wood, handwritten collection no. "343" The trumpet originates from the context of the "gbangbani" society, a male association that plays a protective role in the initiation rites of young men. It
0198: Anthropomorphic trumpet - Sierra Leone, LimbaEst. €600-€1,200Lot Passed