November 30, 2013

75th tribal art auction

Fine old art from Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania and America. The Private Collections Eduard Hess (Oberwil near Basel, Switzerland), Antonio Fiacco (Zurich, Switzerland) as well as Heinz Kolerski (Fellbach, Germany).

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Highlights

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Lot 4
Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Lot 32
Hook mask "garra"
Lot 76
Portrait mask of a notable "mblo"
Lot 83
Mask "kpelie"
Lot 88
Mask
Lot 100
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Lot 106
Mask of a dignitary
Lot 113
Fragment of a half figure "iran otibago"
Lot 114
Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
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Lot 115
Standing figure with headdress "dege"
Lot 131
Mask "nsembu"
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Lot 133
Kneeling bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 137
Mask "phumbu"
Lot 150
Antelope mask "ntomo"
Lot 152
Altar with four figures
Lot 154
Mask "waka kakada"
Lot 166
Mask "bagle"
Lot 173
Mask
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Lot 176
Figure of a mother and child
Lot 184
Mask "gelede"
Lot 187
Standing female figure
Lot 188
Small head
Lot 193
Female mask "La belle Madeleine"
Lot 199
Frog "kitende"
Lot 212
Standing female figure
Lot 223
Dance headdress "zigiren wonde"
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Lot 233
Sitting female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 240
Horizontal helmet mask "warakun" oder "kòmòkun"
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Lot 246
Female figure
Lot 247
Standing figure of a hermaphrodite
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Lot 264
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 265
Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
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Lot 273
Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 292
Standing female figure
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Lot 293
Standing male figure "doogélé"
Lot 337
Standing male figure
Lot 340
Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Lot 376
Standing male figure
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Lot 380
Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
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Lot 383
Gong "mokenge"
Lot 392
Fragment of an ancestor figure
Lot 399
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 406
Pestle
Lot 407
Power half figure "kakudij"
Lot 417
Standing figure
Lot 418
Big round mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 426
Janushead crest
Lot 441
Small power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 442
Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 449
Standing female figure
Lot 459
Standing female figure with mourning gesture

75th tribal art auction

Lot 105
Zoomorphic mask
Cameroon, Mambila
Ketterer, Munich, 4 May 1979, lot 154 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 106
Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields, Oku
Ferdinand Herrmann, Heidelberg, Germany Nagel, Stuttgart, 7 November 2000, lot 604 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 107
Iron currency
Cameroon
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 100
Lot 108
Box with lid
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 109
Box with lid
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 140
Lot 110
Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 111
Initiation mask "ndeemba"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 112
Equestrian
Cameroon, Kotoko
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 113
Fragment of a half figure "iran otibago"
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (1974) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 114
Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1967) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland P. Berger, Binningen, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 115
Standing figure with headdress "dege"
Mali, Dogon
René Rasmussen, Paris, France (1952) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1959) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1968)
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 116
Mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Auktionshaus Vogler, Basel, 17.5.2001, lot 46 Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 117
Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (2000) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 118
Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1970)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 119
Head sculpture
Cameroon
Eduard Tschopp, Mutenz, Switzerland (1978) René David, Zurich, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 120
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo Oyo
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (2000) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 121
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Erin Oyo
Jean Roudillon, Paris, France (1972) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 122
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Ernst Ascher, Paris, France Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 123
Frightning mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 450
Lot 124
Mask "suaga"
Cameroon, Mambila
Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 125
Trumpet
Cameroon, Mambila
Gallery Alibaba, Bordeaux, France (1971) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 750
Lot 126
Standing figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 127
Puppet head
Gabon, Fang
Harvey Menist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1973) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 128
Reliquary head (?)
Gabon
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1976) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 129
Half figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1976) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 130
Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1964) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 131
Mask "nsembu"
D. R. Congo, Kumu
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France (1990) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 132
Framed figure "nzambi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
René David, Basel, Switzerland (1962) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 133
Kneeling bowl bearer "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edwin Hubacher, Olten, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 134
Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1970) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland (1973)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 135
Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1975) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 360
Lot 136
Small mask with flat head crest
D. R. Congo, Pende
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1967) Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1973) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 137
Mask "phumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Leopold Häfliger, Luzern, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1983) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 138
Axe
D. R. Congo, Pende
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1968) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 139
Male power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
René Rasmussen, Paris, France Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 140
Mask "mweelu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Émile-Francois Chambon, Geneva, Switzerland (1996) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 141
Small dance crest
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Jean-Louis Ambrosetti, Geneva, Switzerland Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1997) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 142
Mask "kifwebe", male type "kilume"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sory, Brussels, Belgium (1968) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 143
Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 350
Lot 144
Power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 145
Power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Gallerie Burgui, Paris, France (1969) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 146
Mask
Mozambique, Makua
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1983) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 147
Mask
Angola, Ngangela
Vogt, Zurich, Switzerland Brock & Art, Bern Switzerland (1994) Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 148
Buffalo mask "dugn'be"
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 149
Standing male figure
Sierra Leone, Limba/Temne/Loko
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 150
Antelope mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Marcel de Schryver, Geneva, Switzerland Galerie Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 151
Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Gilbert Lavarino, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 152
Altar with four figures
Mali, Dogon
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 153
Ostrich mask
Mali, Dogon
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 154
Mask "waka kakada"
Mali, Dogon
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,300