September 8, 2012

70th tribal art auction

African and oceanic tribal art from european private collections

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Highlights

Lot 13: Magic staff "tungkot malehat"
Lot 40: Standing male and female couple
Lot 55: Spirit figure
Lot 65: Ceremonial spear-thrower "mino"
Lot 83: Ritual staff "whakapakoko atua"
Lot 91: Standing male figure
Lot 108: Face mask of the "mblo"group
Lot 110: Standing female figure "lü mä"
Lot 113: Mask with movable jaw
Lot 138: Mask "igri"
Lot 139: Water spirit mask
Lot 140: Water spirit mask
Lot 143: Cermonial mask
Lot 145: Standing ancestor figure
Lot 151: Two oracle tappers "iroke ifa"
Lot 152: Mask "epa"
Lot 153: Female Altar figure for Shango
Lot 157: Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Lot 158: Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Lot 159: Caryatid stool
Lot 162: Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Lot 163: Helmet mask "kalunga"
Lot 170: Caryatid stool
Lot 171: Small figure "mbulenga"
Lot 177: Mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 193: Standing female figure
Lot 195: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 197: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 198: Zoomorphic mask (antelope)
Lot 201: Door lock
Lot 202: Door lock
Lot 204: Post of a "togu na"
Lot 205: Post of a "togu na"
Lot 210: Pair of figures
Lot 211: Standing male figure
Lot 212: Figural fragment
Lot 213: Standing male figure
Lot 217: Ceremonial container
Lot 220: Mask
Lot 227: Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Lot 245: Pair of figures
Lot 249: Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 251: Mask "deangle"
Lot 264: Standing female figure "deble"
Lot 285: Altar tusk of a royal ancestral altar "aru erha"
Lot 287: Couple of figures
Lot 293: Mask "idiok ekpo" with hinged jaw
Lot 304: Big standing male figure
Lot 305: Standing female figure
Lot 325: Dance staff "oshe shango"
Lot 326: Dance staff "oshe shango"
Lot 327: Shrine figure "eshu"
Lot 342: Helmet mask "epa"
Lot 344: Maternité
Lot 361: Standing male figure
Lot 362: Standing male figure
Lot 363: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 364: Face mask
Lot 365: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 368: Head sculpture
Lot 373: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 374: Janus dog nail-studded power figure "nkisi nkonde"
Lot 376: Standing male figure
Lot 379: Standing female figure "mukuya"
Lot 380: Standing female figure "mukuya"
Lot 381: Mask
Lot 384: Standing female figure
Lot 390: Standing female ancestor figure
Lot 391: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 398: Caryatid stool
Lot 407: Mask "nsembu"
Lot 413: Small standing figure
Lot 414: Mask "idimu"
Lot 415: Mask "lukungu"
Lot 419: Janus-headed ritual figure of "bukota" society
Lot 430: Power figure
Lot 443: Figurally carved stool
Lot 451: Standing female figure
Lot 454: Caryatid stool
Lot 456: Janus-headed power figure "nkisi"
Lot 457: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 460: Personal magical half figure "nkisi"
Lot 476: Standing power figure "biteki"
Lot 488: Seated figure
Lot 493: Orator staff
Lot 494: Mask
Lot 495: Dignitary staff "umbweti"
Lot 503: Stool

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Lot 151 : Two oracle tappers "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 850
Lot 152 : Mask "epa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland Sotheby's London, 29 June 1987, lot 169 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 153 : Female Altar figure for Shango
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 154 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeoukuta
German Private Collection, Hamburg Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 155 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 560
Lot 156 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
American Private Collection, New York Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 450
Lot 157 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Christie's New York, 11 May 1983, lot 255 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 158 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 159 : Caryatid stool
Nigeria, Yoruba
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 500
Lot 160 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 150
Lot 161 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 280
Lot 162 : Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Gabon, Fang
André Citroën, Paris, France (according to René David) René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 163 : Helmet mask "kalunga"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Udo Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland Harald und Ursula Suhr, Victoria, Britisch Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 164 : Box with lid
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984)
sold EUR 95
Lot 165 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Christie's London, 28 November 1983, lot 477 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 166 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Sotheby' s New York, 20 January 1982, lot 310 Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 167 : Mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 840
Lot 168 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 800
Lot 169 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Paul Timmermans, Diepenbeek, Belgium René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1965) Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 170 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 171 : Small figure "mbulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Ulrich von Schroeder, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 172 : Figural mortar
D. R. Congo, Mbala
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 600
Lot 173 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Lawson Mooney, Mautauban, France René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983)
sold EUR 600
Lot 174 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Galerie 96, Stuttgart, Gemany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Power half figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Burkard Gottschalk, Meerbusch, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)
sold EUR 360
Lot 176 : Female power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Georges Vidal, Cannes/Paris, France René David, Zürich, Schweiz Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 177 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Paul Timmermans, Diepenbeek, Belgium Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 178 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Leopold Häfliger, Lucerne, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 179 : Small power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
sold EUR 160
Lot 180 : Slit drum "nkokongombo"
D. R. Congo, Yaka, area of Kasai
Old Belgian Collection, bought before WW I Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984 )
sold EUR 600
Lot 181 : Top of a dignitary staff
Tanzania, Kwere
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
sold EUR 300
Lot 182 : Club "knobkerrie"
South Africa, Zulu
Peter Miller, Cape Town, South Africa Udo Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (ca. 1980)
sold EUR 300
Lot 183 : Fertility doll "gimwane"
South Africa, Sotho
Udo Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (ca. 1980)
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 184 : Sword
North Africa, Tuareg
Property of an English Gentleman
sold EUR 120
Lot 185 : Bracelet
Sudan
Maurice Ratton, Paris, France Gallery Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
sold EUR 450
Lot 186 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
sold EUR 700
Lot 188 : Three bracelets
West Africa
sold EUR 400
Lot 189 : Mask "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
American Private Collection, California Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Janusfaced mask fetish
Guinea, Toma
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 191 : Stone figure "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Galerie Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 192 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 193 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Temne
René Rasmussen, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 194 : Mask
Mali, Bamana
Louis & Geneviève Rodis, Lyon, France Loudmer, Paris, "Collection Louis et Geneviève Rodis", 6 December 1994, lot 225
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 195 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 196 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Zoomorphic mask (antelope)
Mali, Bamana
Mireille Alard
not available anymore
Lot 199 : Ritual object "boli"
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 400
Lot 200 : Ritual object "furaden" (?)
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 300

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