Bidspirit auctions | 500 Gallery Auction Oct 26, 2022
500 Gallery, Oct 26, 2022. 91 lots, estimates 300 - 8000 $.
500 Gallery - African tribal sculptures and masks from the late 1800's through the mid 20th century. Rare masterpiece examples of Bangwa, Dogon, Baule, Ibibio, Yoruba, Bakongo and Senufo art gathered over the past decades. The selection is from the private collection of Massachusetts Gentlemen.
Lots in this catalog (91)
- Lot 2: Hornbill With Brass & Cloth, Senufo People, Ivory Coast — $2,500 - $5,000
- Lot 7: Dogon, Mali, Mask w/Tellem Figures — $500 - $800
- Lot 8: Bete Gre Mask w/Bells and Beads — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 9: Seated Male Figure, Bangwa People, Cameroon — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 10: Baule Mbra Cult Monkey Mask — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 12: Female Fertility Fetish Figure, Luba, Zaire — $600 - $900
- Lot 13: Seated Figure of a Warrior, Ibibio People, Nigeria — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 14: Kifwebe Mask, Songe People, Congo/Zaire — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 19: Toma Female Figure — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 20: Ngontang Mask w/ 4 Faces, Fang People, Gabon — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 21: Female Shrine Figure, Senufo-Koulango Region, Ivory Coast — $750 - $2,000
- Lot 22: Unusual Bird Mask, Dan People, Liberia — $5,000 - $7,000
- Lot 25: Baule Mbra Cult Monkey Mask — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 26: Portrait Mask, Baule People, Cote d'Ivoire — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 30: Dyo Mask, Bwa People, Burkina Faso — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 37: Elaborate Large Janus Mask, Dan People, Liberia — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 38: Female Dance Mask, Baga People, Guinea — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 39: House Post with Queen, Yoruba People, Nigeria — $8,000 - $12,000
- Lot 40: Dance Shield, Maassai People, Sudan — $300 - $600
- Lot 41: Plank Mask, Nafana People, Ivory Coast — $2,400 - $3,000
- Lot 42: African Tribal Art "Leaning" Figures — $1,200 - $2,000
- Lot 43: Reliquary Guardian Figure, Kota, Gabon — $1,600 - $2,000
- Lot 44: Mwana Pwo Mask, Chokwe People, D.R. Congo/Zaire — $500 - $800
- Lot 45: Kple-Kple Goli Mask w/Elaborate Horns, Baule, Ivory Coast — $2,500 - $3,000
- Lot 47: Gre Bush Spirit Mask: Guro/Bete People, Cote d'Ivoire — $500 - $800
- Lot 51: Mask, Mbole People, Congo/Zaire, with Stand — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 52: Bird Mask, Luba People, Congo/Zaire — $600 - $900
- Lot 53: Seated Female Ancestor Figure, Bembe, Zaire — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 54: Mask, Pende People, Zaire, Cloth and Wood — $350 - $500
- Lot 55: Bird Mask (with teeth) Dan People, Liberia — $900 - $1,200
- Lot 56: Baga Snake Helmet Mask, Guinea — $700 - $1,200
- Lot 57: African Lobi Bateba Female Figure — $700 - $1,200
- Lot 58: African Two-Headed Bakongo Nikisi Sculpture — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 59: African Teke Bulti Power Figure — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 60: Nkisi N'Kondi Power Figure, Bakongo People, DR Congo/Zaire — $1,800 - $2,000
- Lot 61: Large Ceremonial Mask, Batcham People, Cameroon — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 62: Grebo Mask, Ivory Coast — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 63: Mask with Soccer Players, Guro, Ivory Coast — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 64: Large Mask With Many Monkeys & Cup, Baule, Ivory Coast, — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 66: Mask with Beard, Baule People, Ivory Coast — $600 - $900
- Lot 67: Large Covered Ceremonial Bowl w/5 Figures, Yoruba, Nigeria — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 69: Rhythm Pounder in the Form of a Woman, Senufo, Ivory Coast — $500 - $1,000
- Lot 70: Efomba Reliquary Figure, Ngata People, Congo/Zaire — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 71: African Baga Snake Helmet Mask — $3,000 - $6,000
- Lot 72: Helmet Mask w/ Chickens, Mossi, Burkina Faso — $900 - $1,200
- Lot 73: Post-top Eshu Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 74: Double Male/Female Figure, Suku, Zaire — $450 - $750
- Lot 75: Epa Helmet Mask w/Animals, Yoruba, Nigeria — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 76: Helmet Mask w/Umbrella Top, Yoruba, Nigeria — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 79: African Abstracted Bete Gre Mask — $500 - $800
- Lot 80: Mbra Monkey on Horse, Baule, Cote d' Ivoire — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 81: Female Figure, Atti/Akan, Ivory Coast — $500 - $800
- Lot 82: Commemorative figure of a Chief, Chokwe, Ivory Coast — $1,800 - $2,400
- Lot 84: Figure of a Woman on the Shoulders of a Man, Tabwa, Zaire — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 86: Portrait Mask, Dogon People, Mali — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 87: Anthropomorphic Crest Mask, Mossi People Burkina Faso — $600 - $900
- Lot 88: Warthog Mask, Ligbe, Ivory Coast — $500 - $750
- Lot 90: African Tribal Ritual Vessel with Equestrian & Horses, Dogon, Mali — $4,000 - $6,000
- Lot 91: Moon Mask, Luba, Zaire — $450 - $650
- Lot 92: Mask w/Horns, Grunce, Burkina Faso — $700 - $1,000
- Lot 94: African Tribal Songye Kifwebe Association Figure, Congo/Zaire — $1,200 - $2,000
- Lot 95: Dogon Woman Antique African Sculpture — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 96: African Tribal Art "Satimbe" Mask — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 97: Passport Mask, Koulango, Ivory Coast — $600 - $900
- Lot 98: Antelope Mask, Guro, Ivory Coast — $450 - $650
- Lot 99: Blackened Ikwara Night Mask, Punu, Gabon — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 100: African Tribal Dogon Equestrian Sculpture: Horse w/2 Riders — $5,000 - $7,000
- Lot 101: Hyena Suruku Mask, Bamana, Mali — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 103: Yoruba Mother Shrine Figure — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 104: Bronze Maternal Figure, Tikar, Cameroon — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 105: Female Shrine Figure with Bowl, Yoruba, Nigeria — $600 - $900
- Lot 106: Bamana, Mali, Equestrian Figure — $1,000 - $1,600
- Lot 107: Male Guardian Figure w/ Brass, Fang, Gabon — $500 - $750
- Lot 108: Bird Mask, Bobo Burkina Faso — $3,000 - $3,500
- Lot 110: African Mossi Biga Doll, Boulsa Kingdom — $400 - $500
- Lot 111: Dignitary Mask, Lulua/Benalulua, Zaire — $300 - $600
- Lot 112: African Tribal Songye Kifwebe Association Figure, Congo/Zaire — $1,200 - $2,000
- Lot 113: Tellem Figure, Dogon, Mali — $2,000 - $2,500
- Lot 114: Maternity Shrine Figure, Bakongo, Zaire — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 115: Shango Shrine Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 116: Nkisi N'Kondi Power Figure, Bakongo, DR Congo/Zaire — $2,500 - $3,500
- Lot 117: Dyo Mask, Bobo/Bwa People, Burkina Faso — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 118: Antelope Helmet Mask, Gurunsi, Burkina Faso — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 119: Large Sachihongo Mask, Mbunda People, Angola — $2,500 - $3,000
- Lot 121: Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Female Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria — $1,500 - $3,000
- Lot 122: Nkisi Power Figure with Two Heads, Bakongo People, DR Congo/Zaire — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 123: African Dogon Maternal African Sculpture — $1,200 - $2,000
- Lot 124: Chokwe Pig Mask, Angola — $900 - $1,200
- Lot 125: Hunter's Shirt with Amulets, Ibibio People, Nigeria — $750 - $1,000
- Lot 126: African Tribal Art Benin Bronze Stool — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 127: Large Nkisi Dog Power Figure Bakongo, Congo/Zaire — $3,000 - $5,000