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"
1/2
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"
1/5
Lot 246
Female figure
Lot 247
Standing figure of a hermaphrodite
1/2
Lot 264
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 265
Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
1/2
Lot 273
Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 292
Standing female figure
1/2
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"
1/2
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 155
Figural door lock
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Marcel de Schryver, Geneva, Switzerland Galerie Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 156
Sitting figure
Mali, Dogon
van Haersolte, Berlin, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 157
Protective figure "bateba yadawora"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 158
Standing female protective figure "bateba yadawora"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 159
Pair of protective figures "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Hervé Ronez, Paris, France Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 160
Seated figure "bateba bambar"/"bateba ti bala"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 161
Half figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 250
Lot 162
Bird figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 163
Standing female figure "nakomsé"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 164
Small pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 165
Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Dida
Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 166
Mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Christian Debenest, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 167
Small male figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 168
Harp element
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Gilbert Lavarino, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 169
Group of nine anthropomorphic bird sculptures
Togo, Ada
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 170
Bird mask "geayagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Marcel de Schryver, Geneva, Switzerland André Lagneau, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 171
Slingshot
Ghana, Fante
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 172
Standing male figure
Ghana, Sisala
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 173
Mask
Nigeria, Basa Nge
Linus Carr, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Great Britain Andre Scaz, Los Angeles, USA Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 174
Post figure
Ghana, Kusasi
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 175
Face mask of the "egungun" society
Nigeria, Yoruba (Oyo / Shaki Area)
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 176
Figure of a mother and child
Nigeria, Ibibio
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 177
Mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Missine Thiam, Los Angeles, USA Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 178
Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Idoma
Adriaan Blom, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 179
Dance crest
Nigeria, Urhobo/Isoko
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 180
Mask "amawalu"
Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 181
Ceremonial spoon
Niger - Niger Delta, Isoko/Urhobo
Michel Egloff, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 182
Dance staff "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Anton Stalder, Bern, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 183
Calabash mask
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Galerie Carambol, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 184
Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 185
Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland (acquired in Cameroon, 1982)
not available anymore
Lot 186
Zoomorphic composite being
Cameroon, Mambila
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 187
Standing female figure
Nigeria/Cameroon, Mambila
Pace Gallery, New York, USA Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 188
Small head
Cameroon, Yabassi
Carl Franz Bally (died 1899) Eduard Bally-Prior, Schönenwerd, Switzerland Bally Museum, Schönenwerd, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 189
Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Marcel de Schryver, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 190
Mask
D. R. Congo, Biombo
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 700
Lot 191
Small mask
Gabon, Tsogho
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 192
Female mask "La belle Madeleine"
D. R. Congo, Songe/Zela
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 193
Female mask "La belle Madeleine"
D. R. Congo, Songe/Zela
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 194
Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Serge Theubet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 195
Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Gilbert Lavarino, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 196
Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 197
Standing female figure "waiyinda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 198
Zoomorphic sculpture "mugugundu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 199
Frog "kitende"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 200
Batrachian figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 201
Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Gilbert Lavarino, Geneva, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 202
Statuette for the "m-mbwoolu-tsyo" ritual
D. R. Congo, Suku
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 203
Statuette for the "m-mbwoolu-tsyo" ritual
D. R. Congo, Suku
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 204
Standing male power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Suku
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore