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 305
Goldweight: mudfish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 306
Group of seven gold weights
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 500
Lot 307
Group of six goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 500
Lot 308
Group of five goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 400
Lot 309
Group of five goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 350
Lot 310
Group of goldweights
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 200
Lot 311
Group of goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 120
Lot 312
Equipment for weighing gold dust
Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 130
Lot 313
Maternité "esi mansa"
Ghana, Ashanti
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 314
Upper part of a gong
Ghana, Ashanti
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 315
Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 400
Lot 316
Heddle pulley
Ghana, Fante
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
sold EUR 600
Lot 317
female doll
Ghana, Fante
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 420
Lot 318
Janiform figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 319
Memorial head of an "oba"
Nigeria, Benin
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 320
Mask
Nigeria, Boki
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 321
Standing female figure
Nigeria, Chamba
not available anymore
Lot 322
Standing female figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 323
Fragmentary figure
Nigeria, Eket
Georges Vidal, Cannes/Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 324
Mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
American Private Collection, New York Alexander Claes, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 325
Janusfaced helmet mask with figural superstructure
Nigeria, Ibibio/Anyang
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 326
Big mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Andreas Hans Roth, Marseilles, France
not available anymore
Lot 327
Slit drum
Nigeria, Igala
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 328
Seated male figure
Nigeria, Igala
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 329
Headdress "ekeleke"
Nigeria, Igbo
Gabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948)
not available anymore
Lot 330
Dance crest in shape of a head
Nigeria, Igbo
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 331
Figure in fur costume
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 332
Bell
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 334
Figural spoon
Nigeria, Ijaw
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 335
Male dance crest "aku onu"
Nigeria, Jukun
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 336
Fragmentary figure
Nigeria, Mbembe/Boki
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 337
Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
Alan Brandt, New York, USA Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 338
Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 339
Standing figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
Pierre Eric Becker, Cannes, France
not available anymore
Lot 340
Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo
Simon du Chastel, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 341
Horn
Nigeria, Urhobo
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
not available anymore
Lot 342
Horn
Nigeria, Urhobo
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
sold EUR 600
Lot 343
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 344
Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Area of Owo
American Private Collection, New Jersey
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 345
Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
not available anymore
Lot 346
Upper part of a ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 347
Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
not available anymore
Lot 348
Ceremonial paddle
Nigeria, Yoruba
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany (collected in Lome, Togo in 1980)
not available anymore
Lot 349
Beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 350
Dance crest "egungun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 351
Deformation mask
Nigeria, Yoruba/Ibibio
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 352
Mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany (acquired in Foumban, Cameroon 1974)
not available anymore
Lot 353
Pair of male twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina
Mama Adamou, Lomé, Togo German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
not available anymore
Lot 354
Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 355
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore