June 2, 2012

69th tribal art auction

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

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Highlights

Lot 16: Club head and bird sculpture
Lot 21: Ancestor board "gope"
Lot 23: Hook "garra"
Lot 28: Prow of a ritual canoe with ornament "munkuris" or "maan"
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 51: Kneeling female figure with bowl and rattle
Lot 84: Figurally carved lime container finial
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 294: Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
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 372: Female reliquary guardian figure "byeri"
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 419: Anthropomorphic face mask "kibwabwabwa"
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

69th tribal art auction

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Lot 156 : Neckrest
South Africa, Zulu
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 28. Oktober 1975, lot 670 Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 157 : Malagan mask "tatanua"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Klaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, African & Oceanic Art, November 9, 1979, lot 136 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 36,000
Lot 158 : Figure of an ancestor spirit
Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, Sawos
Christie's London, Tribal Art, March 18, 1980, lot 111 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 159 : Horn
West Africa
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 160 : Female bowl bearer
Sierra Leone, Mende/Temne
brought 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, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 161 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Galerie Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 2 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 162 : Zoomorphic mask "kono"
Mali, Bamana
Christie's London, Tribal Art, 22 June 1981, lot 53 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 163 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Bamana
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 164 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 165 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 166 : Two figures
Mali, Bamana/Dogon
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 167 : Antilope maske "walu"
Mali, Dogon
Josef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 22 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 168 : Mask "waka kakada"
Mali, Dogon
Josef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 22 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 169 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Alfred Muller, Saint Gratien, France Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 171 : Zoomorphic board mask "bayiri"
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Peter Schnell, Zurich, Switzerland (1981) Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 172 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 173 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 350
Lot 174 : Three fertility dolls "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 200
Lot 175 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 176 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 177 : Female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 178 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 650
Lot 179 : Female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 180 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 181 : Standing female figure "lü ma"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21st October 1980, lot 49 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 182 : Mask "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
The Ethnic Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (1970) Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 183 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 200
Lot 184 : Actor mask "bagle"
Ivory Coast, Dan/Kran
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 3. November 1981, lot 50 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 185 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Ebrié
Galerie Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 119 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Rebecca Harkness, New York, USA Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 9 th November 1979, lot 26 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 187 : Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Josef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979, lot 40 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,600
Lot 188 : Two fertiliy dolls
Ghana, Fante
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 220
Lot 190 : Seated female figure
Nigeria, Ibibio/Igbo
Webster 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, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 191 : Female figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 192 : Big standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München, 3. November 1981, lot 172 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 193 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 194 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 195 : Throwing knife "sengese"
Cameroon, Matakam
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 196 : Helmet mask
Cameroon, Tikar
Friedrich 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, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 197 : Sword
Cameroon, Tikar
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Reliquary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Samuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv, Israel Christie's London, March 18, 1980, lot 315 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 32,000
Lot 199 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Willy Claes, Antwerp, Belgium Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 9, 1979, lot 109 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 200 : Standing female figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 18 November 1978, lot 246 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 201 : Standing figure "pindi"
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 267 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 202 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 650
Lot 203 : Small standing power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 21. Mai 1980, lot 323 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 204 : Small power half-figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 205 : Mask
Vanuatu
European Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 206 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
European Private Collection
not available anymore

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