March 3, 2012

68th tribal art auction

African, oceanic and pre-columbian tribal art from european private collections

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Highlights

Lot 25: Ancestor board "gope"
Lot 42: Big male ancestor figure
Lot 50: Ancestor effigy "rambaramp"
Lot 64: Figure "malagan"
Lot 65: Standing "malagan" figure
Lot 66: "Malagan" figure
Lot 67: Head sculpture "malagan"
Lot 76: Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Lot 80: Female figure
Lot 83: Big board mask "karanga"
Lot 86: Female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Lot 90: Sitting female figure
Lot 105: Still life where an african object of his collection is depicted
Lot 117: Figurally carved staff
Lot 120: Standing figure
Lot 126: Female power figure
Lot 127: Standing female figure
Lot 134: No-mask "ko-omote"
Lot 137: Helmet mask
Lot 138: Mask
Lot 139: Mask "deangle"
Lot 141: Anthropomorphic face mask "ngil"
Lot 146: Mask with horns
Lot 147: Mask "landa"
Lot 149: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 153: Anthropomorphic mask "andumbulu"
Lot 156: Standing male figure
Lot 167: Face mask of the "mblo" group
Lot 168: Face mask "zakpai"
Lot 171: Standing male figure "deble"
Lot 172: Mask "kpelie"
Lot 173: Mask "korobla"
Lot 178: Mask "okonpo" of the "igri" secret society
Lot 179: Mask "mma ji"
Lot 180: Door
Lot 182: Zoomorphic mask
Lot 195: Head sculpture of a "bieri" - reliquary
Lot 196: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 199: Face mask "okuyi"
Lot 204: Helmet mask "kalunga"
Lot 205: Male masks with horns
Lot 206: Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
Lot 208: Anthropomorphic bell mask "tshimwana"
Lot 212: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 213: Janus figure "kabeja"
Lot 220: Helmet mask "bwoom"
Lot 222: Mask "idimu"
Lot 224: Mask "lukungu"
Lot 227: Mask "mfondo"
Lot 228: Mask "mfondo"
Lot 229: Calabash figure "mabwe lugullu"
Lot 230: Standing male amulet figure
Lot 236: Mask "phumbu"
Lot 238: Face mask "mbangu"
Lot 240: Mask "panya ngombe"
Lot 245: Shield "kalengula"
Lot 247: Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi"
Lot 250: Caryatid stool
Lot 252: Mask "kidumu"
Lot 260: Dignitary wand
Lot 280: Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 281: Ritual object "anok"
Lot 282: Anthropomorphic mask "banda" or "kumbaruba"
Lot 286: Maternity figure "gwan dusu"
Lot 295: Standing female figure
Lot 299: Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Lot 303: Bird sculpture "lumbr"
Lot 304: Mask
Lot 310: Standing female figure "blolo bla" ("waka sona")
Lot 312: Couple of figures "asie usu"
Lot 315: Zoomorphic figure "gbekre"
Lot 320: Face mask "mblo"
Lot 324: Heddle pulley with stylized ape
Lot 328: Face mask
Lot 341: Face mask "tu bodu" (buffalo) of the "je" group
Lot 364: Pair of figures from an "anjenu" shrine
Lot 367: Mask
Lot 373: Antelope or bush cow mask
Lot 379: Standing male figure
Lot 380: Pair of figures
Lot 390: Large helmet mask "epa"
Lot 420: Standing male figure
Lot 426: Female figure
Lot 427: Face mask
Lot 437: Figural pendant
Lot 439: Ancestor half figure
Lot 440: Anthropomorphic face mask "ngady amwaash"
Lot 451: Head sculpture
Lot 454: Power figure
Lot 460: Staff of office "dibulu"
Lot 462: Female ancestor figure
Lot 464: Large power figure "nkisi"
Lot 467: Mask "hemba"
Lot 470: Ceremonial adze
Lot 473: Small female power figure
Lot 476: Small male figure
Lot 478: Staff "mvwala"
Lot 479: Memorial figure

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Lot 152 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1990) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 153 : Anthropomorphic mask "andumbulu"
Mali, Dogon
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France (1956) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 154 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 570
Lot 155 : Small standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 400
Lot 156 : Standing male figure
Mali, Dogon
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France (1992) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 157 : Charm
Mali, Dogon
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 450
Lot 158 : Equestrian figure
Mali, Dogon
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1979) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 159 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 200
Lot 160 : Ritual iron stick
Mali, Dogon
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 161 : Small shutter of a granary door
Mali, Tellem
Gallery Robert Vergnes, Paris, France (1972) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 650
Lot 162 : Neckrest
Mali, Tellem
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland (collected in situ, Shanga, 1990)
sold EUR 200
Lot 163 : Neckrest
Mali, Tellem
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 240
Lot 164 : Neckrest in stylized animal form
Mali, Tellem
Gallery Henseler, Munich, Germany (1988) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 165 : Stool
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 350
Lot 166 : Mask
Burkina Faso, Lobi
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1982) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 167 : Face mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Loudmer 1976, Paris, France Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 168 : Face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1945) Raimond Hillairet, Paris, France Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1978) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 169 : Mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Auktionshaus Vogler, Basel, 17.5.2001, lot 46 Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 170 : Animal mask "leu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Standing male figure "deble"
Ivory Coast, Senufo, Area of Guiembe, Village of Loulouni
Èmile-Francois Chambon, Geneva, Switzerland (1995) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 9,500
Lot 172 : Mask "kpelie"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1959) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1968) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 173 : Mask "korobla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1948) René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1959) Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 174 : Four goldweights
Ghana
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Standing figure
Togo, Ada
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland (2001) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 250
Lot 176 : Small standing figure
Togo, Ewe
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1985) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 200
Lot 177 : Male twin figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 350
Lot 178 : Mask "okonpo" of the "igri" secret society
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1992) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 179 : Mask "mma ji"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Galerie Maya, Paris, France (1970) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 180 : Door
Nigeria, Igbo
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (2001) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 181 : Ancestor figure
Nigeria, Longuda
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 182 : Zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Émile-Francois Chambon, Geneva, Switzerland (1991) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 183 : Small male figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland (2001) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Tiv
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1990) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 185 : Pipehead
Nigeria, Yoruba
Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland (2001) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 250
Lot 186 : Herbalists staff "opa osanyin"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 220
Lot 187 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1978) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 150
Lot 188 : Calabash with beaded coating
Cameroon Grassfields
Walser, Basel, Switzerland (1994) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 189 : Frightning mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 450
Lot 190 : Loincloth
Cameroon, Kirdi
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 55
Lot 191 : Standing male figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 192 : Mask "suaga"
Cameroon, Mambila
Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 193 : Trumpet
Cameroon, Mambila
Gallery Alibaba, Bordeaux, France (1971) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 750
Lot 194 : Puppet head
Gabon, Fang
Harvey Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1973) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 195 : Head sculpture of a "bieri" - reliquary
Gabon, Fang
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1975) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 196 : Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Harvey T. Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1972) Renate Pessler, Basel, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 199 : Face mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu/Lumbo
Lorenz Eckert, Basel, Switzerland (1950) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1970) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 30,000
Lot 200 : Mask "ngongo munene"
D. R. Congo/ Angola, Dinga
Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1997) Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 201 : Crucifix
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 202 : Crucifx
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1978)
sold EUR 500
Lot 203 : Janusheaded ritual implement
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Edi Remondino, Bajumbura, Burundi Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600

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