Auction 106 on Apr 25, 2026 by Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Muenster in Germany - Page 11
Monumental urn, Classic Period, ca. 400 - 800 AD - Guatemala, Western Highlands, K’iche’ MayaRare anthropo-zoomorphic mask - Gabon, KweleRelief, Late Classical Period, ca. 750 - 850 AD - Mexico, Maya, Bonampak, Chiapas
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Auction 106

AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA PRE-COLUMBIA AND ANTIQUITIES Exceptional art works from the early civilizations of Meso- and South America, drawn from a Munich art collection. Antiquities and protohistoric idols. West African works from a private Viennese collection. Delicate gold jewellery of the Akan people. Masks and figures from the French artist Claude Jaged?s collection. Ethnographic objects from a small colonial collection.
Auction Curators:
Dr. David Zemanek
Expert for African and Oceanic Art
Howard Nowes
Expert for Pre-Columbian and Classical Antiquities
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Snake pendant - Burkina Faso, Gan: copper alloy (bronze, brass), L: 8 cm, L: 3,1 inch Provenance: Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany Lit.: Glar, Wilfried, Die materialisierte Kultur der Ethnien der Volta-Region, s. l., 2017, p. 102 f.
0245: Snake pendant - Burkina Faso, GanEst. €400-€800€400
Maternité - Burkina Faso, Lobi: copper alloy (bronze, brass), base H: 9 cm, H: 3,5 inch Provenance: Hippoliet & Line Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium Continent: Africa
0246: Maternité - Burkina Faso, LobiEst. €1,000-€2,000€1,000
Figure of a hunter - Burkina Faso, Lobi: copper alloy (bronze, brass), H: 6 cm, H: 2,4 inch Provenance: Hippoliet & Line Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium Continent: Africa
0247: Figure of a hunter - Burkina Faso, LobiEst. €400-€800€400
Bangle with snake motif - Burkina Faso, Lobi: copper alloy (bronze, brass), H: 10,5 cm; D: 9 cm, H: 4,1 inch; D: 3,5 inch Provenance: Colette & Jean Pierre Ghysels, Brussels, Belgium Hippoliet & Line Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium Lit.: Meyer,
0248: Bangle with snake motif - Burkina Faso, LobiEst. €800-€1,600€800
Standing figure - Burkina Faso, Lobi: wood, patina, old collection numbers "464" and "TW0227" H: 12,5 cm, H: 4,9 inch Provenance: Thomas G.B. Wheelock, New York, USA Continent: Africa
0249: Standing figure - Burkina Faso, LobiEst. €500-€1,000€500
Mask "wan balinga" - Burkina Faso, Mossi: wood, polychrome paint, base L: ca. 37 cm, L: ca. 14,6 inch Provenance: Belgian Private Collection, Brussels Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 February 2016, lot 290
0251: Mask "wan balinga" - Burkina Faso, MossiEst. €600-€1,200€600
Fragmentary figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: woo, grass fibres, glass beads, insect damage, base H: 43 cm, H: 16,9 inch Provenance: Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany
0253: Fragmentary figure - Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEst. €800-€1,600€800
Pair of figures "asie usu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, glas beads, plant fiber, patina, metal, old registration no. “BMA 7532.2” under the foot of the male figure, remnants of old base / mount adhesive under the female figure Pair of
0254: Pair of figures "asie usu" - Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEst. €6,000-€10,000€6,000
Standing male figure "blolo bian" - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, pigments, glass beads, For another male figure from the same workshop, see AHDRC 0208183. The Baule believe that before birth, human beings all had "blolo bla" (spirit wife) and "blolo bian"
0255: Standing male figure "blolo bian" - Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEst. €2,500-€5,000€2,500
Standing female figure "blolo bla" - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, glass beads, cloth, pigments, H: 43,5 cm, H: 17,1 inch Provenance: Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany Lit.: Ravenhill, Philip L., The Self and the Other,
0256: Standing female figure "blolo bla" - Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEst. €1,800-€3,500€1,800
Expressive anthropomorphic figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, plant fibres, animal horns and hair, Depiction of a zoomorphic protective figure of the Baule people, known as "m'Botoumbo", in the characteristic combination of human and ape-like features
0257: Expressive anthropomorphic figure - Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEst. €4,000-€8,000€4,000
Anthropomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, Dan: wood, pigments, cloth, base H: 25,5 cm, H: 10,0 inch Provenance: Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Lit.: Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 32,
0258: Anthropomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, DanEst. €2,000-€4,000€2,000
Anthropomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, Dan: wood, pigments, metal, H: 28 cm, H: 11,0 inch Provenance: Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Eckehard Lehmann, Hildesheim, Germany Continent: Africa
0259: Anthropomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, DanEst. €600-€1,300€600
Anthropo-zoomorphic mask "djela" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro: wood, pigments, traces of a torn old label “Djela” is regarded as the descendant of the renowned mask pair “zamble” and “gu,” yet none of their mystical powers flow through
0260: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask "djela" - Côte d'Ivoire, GuroEst. €2,500-€5,000€2,500
Standing male figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro: wood, pigments, base For a comparable work from the same workshop see AHDRC 0058766. The Guro call figural sculptures "mi iri nä" - "small wooden persons". They are not associated with the ancestor
0261: Standing male figure - Côte d'Ivoire, GuroEst. €4,500-€9,000€4,500
Small standing figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango: wood, pigments, base H: 24 cm, H: 9,4 inch Provenance: Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 21 March 2015, lot 204 AHDRC: 0123538 Continent: Africa
0262: Small standing figure - Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoEst. €800-€1,600€800
Standing female figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango: wood, pigments, miniature glass beads, base H: 37 cm, H: 14,6 inch Provenance: Apollinaire Ocrisse, Côte d'Ivoire Continent: Africa
0263: Standing female figure - Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoEst. €1,800-€3,500€1,800
Anthropo-zoomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere: wood, pigments, metal sheet, H: 24,5 cm, H: 9,6 inch Provenance: Henk Kouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Eckehard Lehmann, Hildesheim, Germany Lit.: Guenneguez, André & Afo, Art de la Cote-d'Ivoire et
0264: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask - Côte d'Ivoire, NgereEst. €800-€1,600€800
Small female figure "tugubele" - Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo: wood, base Such statuettes were used by Senufo diviners, called Sando’o, to communicate with helpful spirits living in the wilderness. The name "tugubele" applies to both the spirits and the
0266: Small female figure "tugubele" - Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEst. €600-€1,200€600
Large bird sculpture, “porpianong" - Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo: wood, patina, old repair with metal clamps (left wing), minor surface losses in places, base According to Timothy Garrard, these large-scale bird sculptures were owned by secret Poro male societies.
0267: Large bird sculpture, “porpianong" - Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEst. €8,000-€16,000€8,000
Anthropomorphic head "gle" - Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré: terracotta, cowrie snails, animal hair, wild boar tusk, red pigment, A "gle" head was a sacred object and was considered a kind of spirit that was consulted especially in divination practices. The
0269: Anthropomorphic head "gle" - Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-GuéréEst. €500-€1,000€500(1 bid)