69th tribal art auction
African, oceanic and pre-Columbian tribal art from european private collections
Highlights
Lot 16: Club head and bird sculpture
Lot 21: Ancestor board "gope"
Lot 23: Hook "garra"
Lot 30: Big slit drum
Lot 35: Hea sculpture "yena"
Lot 37: War shield
Lot 44: Miniature half figure and charm
Lot 47: Seated hunchback
Lot 48: Dog effigy
Lot 85: Small standing ancestor figure
Lot 102: Female mask with lip plug "ndiumu"
Lot 110: Neckrest
Lot 125: Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun"
Lot 133: Small amulet figure
Lot 141: Small female figure "tugubele"
Lot 150: Mask "mbuya"
Lot 157: Malagan mask "tatanua"
Lot 160: Female bowl bearer
Lot 198: Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 199: Caryatid stool
Lot 210: Horned helmet mask
Lot 252: Female tomb figure "moira goh-gjih"
Lot 260: Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 265: Zoomorphic mask "kono"
Lot 266: Mask "ntomo"
Lot 298: Mask with narrow eyes and wig
Lot 302: Standing female figure "lü ma"
Lot 303: Sppon
Lot 304: Heddle pulley with bird head
Lot 320: Standing pair of figures
Lot 357: Pair of shrine figures
Lot 367: Animal (Dog)
Lot 375: Standing female figure
Lot 376: Face mask
Lot 383: Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
Lot 405: Mask "mfondo"
Lot 409: Caryatid stool
Lot 410: Caryatid stool
Lot 414: Standing male figure
Lot 422: Mask with three faces
Lot 423: Mask "phumbu"
Lot 432: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 440: Power half figure "nkisi"
Lot 443: Maternité "phemba"
Lot 453: Post-shaped memorial sculpture
Lot 456: Shield
Lot 464: Face mask
Lot 156 : Neckrest
South Africa, ZuluHauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 28. Oktober 1975, lot 670 Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 900Lot 157 : Malagan mask "tatanua"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New IrelandKlaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, African & Oceanic Art, November 9, 1979, lot 136 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 36,000Lot 158 : Figure of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, SawosChristie's London, Tribal Art, March 18, 1980, lot 111 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,400Lot 159 : Horn
West AfricaRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 160 : Female bowl bearer
Sierra Leone, Mende/Temnebrought from Sierra Leone by the late Sir Rory Baynes who was with the Royal West Africa Frontier Force in Sierra Leone from 1912 until 1914; Christie's, London, May 13, 1980, lot 179 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 8,500Lot 161 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, MendeGalerie Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 2 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 162 : Zoomorphic mask "kono"
Mali, BamanaChristie's London, Tribal Art, 22 June 1981, lot 53 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,500Lot 163 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, BamanaRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 164 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, BamanaRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 165 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, BamanaRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,100Lot 166 : Two figures
Mali, Bamana/DogonRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 167 : Antilope maske "walu"
Mali, DogonJosef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 22 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,800Lot 168 : Mask "waka kakada"
Mali, DogonJosef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 22 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,800Lot 169 : Standing female figure
Mali, DogonRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 170 : Standing figure
Mali, DogonAlfred Muller, Saint Gratien, France Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,600Lot 171 : Zoomorphic board mask "bayiri"
Burkina Faso, BwaPeter Schnell, Zurich, Switzerland (1981) Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,500Lot 172 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 700Lot 173 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 350Lot 174 : Three fertility dolls "biiga"
Burkina Faso, MossiRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 200Lot 175 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 300Lot 176 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 600Lot 177 : Female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 800Lot 178 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 650Lot 179 : Female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 500Lot 180 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 181 : Standing female figure "lü ma"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanSotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21st October 1980, lot 49 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,800Lot 182 : Mask "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleThe Ethnic Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (1970) Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 183 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 200Lot 184 : Actor mask "bagle"
Ivory Coast, Dan/KranGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 3. November 1981, lot 50 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,500Lot 185 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, EbriéGalerie Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 119 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 186 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroRebecca Harkness, New York, USA Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 9 th November 1979, lot 26 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,000Lot 187 : Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoJosef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 40 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 4,600Lot 188 : Two fertiliy dolls
Ghana, FanteRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 220Lot 190 : Seated female figure
Nigeria, Ibibio/IgboWebster General Pitt-Rivers, Private Collection, Dorset, Great Britain (15 May 1897) Sotheby's London, Primitive Works of Art, 2nd December 1980, lot 113 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,600Lot 191 : Female figure
Nigeria, IgboRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,000Lot 192 : Big standing figure
Nigeria, MumuyeGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München, 3. November 1981, lot 172 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 193 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Yoruba, IjebuRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 194 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,000Lot 195 : Throwing knife "sengese"
Cameroon, MatakamRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 196 : Helmet mask
Cameroon, TikarFriedrich Hartung, Germany, collected in situ (Abong-Mbang area) in 1914. Mr. Hartung established a telegraph network for the Deutsche Reichspost in the then German Cameroon. Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München, 21. Mai 1980, lot 254 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,000Lot 197 : Sword
Cameroon, TikarRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 198 : Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, KotaSamuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv, Israel Christie's London, March 18, 1980, lot 315 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 32,000Lot 199 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, LubaWilly Claes, Antwerp, Belgium Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 9, 1979, lot 109 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 10,000Lot 200 : Standing female figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, MbalaGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 246 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,000Lot 201 : Standing figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, MbalaGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 267 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandnot available anymoreLot 202 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, PendeRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 650Lot 203 : Small standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 323 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,700Lot 204 : Small power half-figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, SongyeRichard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerlandsold EUR 500Lot 205 : Mask
VanuatuEuropean Private Collectionsold EUR 800Lot 206 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, MendeEuropean Private Collectionnot available anymore