September 7, 2013

74th tribal art auction

Fine old african and oceanic tribal art from european private and colonial collections. Art from the Inuit.

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Highlights

Lot 2: Trophee skull
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Lot 21: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 31: Figure "malagan" with outstretched arms
Lot 32: War shield
Lot 72: Standing male ancestor figure
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Lot 101: Two tusks
Lot 105: Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 106: Standing female figure "kambei"
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Lot 112: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Lot 113: Mask
Lot 124: Torso of a female figure
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Lot 126: Figure "nommo"
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Lot 135: Standing male figure
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Lot 136: Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla"
Lot 147: Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 159: Mask "koma ba"
Lot 160: Maske "kpelié"
Lot 172: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 217: Dance crest
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Lot 219: Helmet mask "agbanabo"
Lot 229: Male dance crest "aku onu"
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Lot 233: Standing male figure
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Lot 242: Standing male figure "ihambe"
Lot 288: Palace door frame
Lot 294: Mask
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Lot 295: Standing male figure
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Lot 301: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Lot 302: Face mask with curved horns
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Lot 303: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 304: Standing female ancestor figure "gheonga"
Lot 358: Standing figure
Lot 367: Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
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Lot 368: Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 371: Mask
Lot 377: Drum "nedundu"
Lot 381: Standing male figure
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Lot 382: Figure "okifa"
Lot 383: Male figure "okifa"
Lot 403: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 404: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 412: Magical figure "nkisi nkondi"
Lot 448: Bodymask of a pregnant woman "ndimu"

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Lot 52 : Antelope mask
Mali, Bamana
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1963) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 53 : Mask with horns
Mali, Bamana/Bozo, Kita region
acquired in 1978 Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 54 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1968) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 55 : Fragment of a mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 56 : Staff "yo domolo"
Mali, Dogon
Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 57 : Mask
Mali, Marka
Chr. Sollberger, Bern, Switzerland (1965) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 900
Lot 58 : Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1979) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 59 : Mask "nwenka"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1963) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 60 : Bird- or butterfly mask
Burkina Faso, Bwa
acquired in 1978 Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 61 : Antelope mask "karanga"
Burkina Faso, Kurumba
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1974) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 62 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1974) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 63 : Ram mask
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Chr. Sollberger, Bern, Switzerland (1969) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 64 : Mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1964) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,250
Lot 65 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1963) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 66 : Mask (warthog)
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Chr. Sollberger, Bern, Switzerland (1971) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 67 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
acquired in 1978 Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 68 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
acquired in 1974 Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 69 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Maud Garcia, Paris, France (1974) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 70 : Mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 71 : Mask "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 72 : Standing male ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (Januar 1965) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 73 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Ashanti
Private Belgian Collection, Brussels (1972) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 74 : Shrine figure
Ghana, Ashanti
Belgian Private Collection (1972) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 75 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1963) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 76 : Female puppet
Nigeria, Ibibio
Chr. Sollberger, Bern, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 200
Lot 77 : Mask "mma ji"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
acquired in 1974 Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 78 : Mask
Nigeria, Bini
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland (1974) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 79 : Mask "agbogho mmwo" ("maiden spirit")
Nigeria, Igbo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1971) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 80 : Headdress
Nigeria, Igbo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 81 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Idoma
acquired in 1980 Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 82 : Mask with janushead superstructure
Nigeria, Urhobo
Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 83 : Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1973) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 84 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Tiv
acquired in 1977 Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 85 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, Vere
Antiquitäten AG, Zurich, Switzerland (1978) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 86 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
collected in situ Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland (1973) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 87 : Standing male ancestor figure
Cameroon, Mambila
collected in situ Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland (1973) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 88 : Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bekom, Tikar style
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1974) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 89 : Ceremonial pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1976) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 90 : Cache sexe and tobacco pipe
Cameroon
collected in situ (Matakam) a) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) b) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1975) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 91 : Dance staff "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 250
Lot 92 : Two male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
a) acquired in Paris, France (1965) b) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972) Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 93 : Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 94 : Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René Gardi, Bern, Switzerland (1963) Hugo Wetli, Bern, Switzerland (1973) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 95 : Anthropomorphic mask
Gabun, Tsogho/Punu
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1969) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 96 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1964) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 97 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Songye
acquired in 1978 Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 1,950
Lot 98 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium Galerie von Schroeder, Zurich, Switzerland (1971) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 99 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
acquired in 1978 Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 405
Lot 100 : Magical object "bumba"
D. R. Congo, Vili
Leopold Häfliger, Lucerne, Switzerland (1973) Swiss Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 101 : Two tusks
West Africa
sold EUR 15,500

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