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 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