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 205 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa / Rungu
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Mwera
Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 207 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Fipa
Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 208 : Mask
Tanzania, Kwere
Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 209 : Standing figure
Tanzania, Sukuma
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 210 : Mask
Mozambique, Makua
Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 211 : Power figure
Tanzania, Doe / Zigua
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 212 : Standing female figure
Madagascar, Sakalava
Valerie und John Arieta, London, Great Britain Paul Asenbaum, Vienna, Austria Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 213 : Group of five bracelets
West Africa
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 214 : Bracelet
West Africa
not available anymore
Lot 215 : Two bracelets
West Africa / Côte d'Ivoire
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
sold EUR 500
Lot 216 : Bracelet
West Africa / Nigeria, Urhobo
not available anymore
Lot 217 : Hunting pipe and rattle
West Africa
a) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany b) Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500
Lot 218 : Mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Kamyas Antiques, New York, USA Duke University, Durham, USA Bonhams, New York, November 9, 2011, lot 279
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 219 : Standing female figure
Guinea, Toma
Pierre Valmont, Nimes, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 220 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 221 : Helmet mask "sowei" of the "bundu" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 222 : Two horns
Sierra Leone, Mende
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Dance headdress "zigiren wonde"
Guinea, Baga
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 224 : Mask
Guinea, Landuma/Loma
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Mask "banda"
Guinea, Nalu
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 226 : Doll
Guinea-Bissau, Balante
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 227 : Two door locks
Mali
sold EUR 520
Lot 228 : Antelope dance crest "tijiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 229 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Mali, Bamana
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 230 : Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Private Scottish Collection
not available anymore
Lot 231 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection, Würzburg
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 232 : Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun"
Mali, Bamana
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 233 : Sitting female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 52,000
Lot 234 : Sitting female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 235 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
collected in situ (1980s) French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 236 : Head
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 520
Lot 237 : Two figural tops of a dignitary staffs
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 238 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Franco Monti, Milan, Italy
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 239 : Zoomorphic mask "kono"
Mali, Bamana
Ketterer, München, 17. April 1993, lot 22
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 240 : Horizontal helmet mask "warakun" oder "kòmòkun"
Mali, Bamana
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1970's)
not available anymore
Lot 241 : Helmet mask
Mali, Bamana
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (1960's) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 242 : Zoomorphic mask "sukun"
Mali, Bamana
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 243 : Fragment of a figure
Mali, Dogon
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Half figure
Mali, Dogon
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 245 : Equestrian
Mali, Dogon
John and Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA James Stephenson, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Female figure
Mali, Dogon
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (acquired in Bamaku, 1958)
not available anymore
Lot 247 : Standing figure of a hermaphrodite
Mali, Dogon
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
not available anymore
Lot 248 : Figural fragment
Mali, Tellem/Dogon
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 249 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Guy Loudmer Paris, 24.11.1988, lot 257 Francois de Ricqlès, Paris, 6.6. 1999, lot 121 Alain Rime, Bouvignies, France Jacques Castex, Paris, France Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 250 : Two bracelets
Niger, Inner Delta
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 240
Lot 251 : Female bush spirit mask "taba" or antelope mask "kou"
Burkina Faso, Dafing-Marka
Peter Ackermann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 252 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 253 : Three protective figures "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
sold EUR 380
Lot 254 : Head
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
not available anymore