The 51st Zemanek-Munster Tribal art auction was held today in Wurzburg, Germany. Below are some noteworthy results :
Lot 114 - Ashanti comb - 3,500 EUR
Lot 155 - Senufo staff ex Horstmann - 3,000 EUR
Lot 173 - Bassa female ancestor figure ex Brill - 4,500 EUR
Lot 249 - Dan mask ex Schlag - 19,000 EUR
Lot 257 - Geure mask ex Verite - 6,500 EUR
Lot 400 - Yoruba helmet mask - 11,000 EUR
Lot 457 - Fang figure - 16,000 EUR
Lot 467 - Punu mask - 12,000 EUR
Lot 474 - Bembe ancestor figures - 12,500 EUR
Lot 541 - Songye nkisi ex Kegel-Konietzko- 10,000 EUR
Lot 609 - Herero woman's costume - 9,500 EUR. My personal favorite and way underestimated at 350 EUR. These ensembles are extremely rare and this one had two leather bonnets (pictured above), two leg ornaments and a corset-like garment of ostrich egg shells. Supposedly collected in situ in 1904 - around the time of the Herero uprising which resulted in a genocide of the Herero, inflicted on them by their German colonial masters.
Daniel
JacarandaTribal.com
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