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
1/2
Lot 21
Overmodeled ancestor skull
1/2
Lot 31
Figure "malagan" with outstretched arms
Lot 32
War shield
Lot 72
Standing male ancestor figure
1/2
Lot 101
Two tusks
Lot 105
Standing female figure "minsereh"
Lot 106
Standing female figure "kambei"
1/2
Lot 112
Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Lot 113
Mask
Lot 124
Torso of a female figure
1/2
Lot 126
Figure "nommo"
1/2
Lot 135
Standing male figure
1/2
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
1/2
Lot 219
Helmet mask "agbanabo"
Lot 229
Male dance crest "aku onu"
1/2
Lot 233
Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 242
Standing male figure "ihambe"
Lot 288
Palace door frame
Lot 294
Mask
1/2
Lot 295
Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 301
Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Lot 302
Face mask with curved horns
1/2
Lot 303
Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 304
Standing female ancestor figure "gheonga"
Lot 358
Standing figure
Lot 367
Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
1/2
Lot 368
Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 371
Mask
Lot 377
Drum "nedundu"
Lot 381
Standing male figure
1/2
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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