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 408 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Kwame
Bernard Bourbon, Île-de-France, France
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Female figure "wayinda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Francois Restiau, Belgium (colonial administrator for the railroad in Belgian Congo between 1928-1948)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 410 : Mask "lukungu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium (around 1970) Pierre Bergé, Brussels, 9 december 2009, lot 42 American Private Collection, New Jersey
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 411 : Zoomorphic sculpture "mugundu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 412 : Initiation object
D. R. Congo, Lega
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 250
Lot 413 : Double stool
D. R. Congo, Lega
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 414 : Chieftain's knife
D. R. Congo, Lobala
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Horn
D. R. Congo, Luba
Bernard Tivoli, Lille, France
not available anymore
Lot 416 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
German Private Collection Johan Smitz, Wemmel, Belgium Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901 - 1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects. Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 418 : Big round mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Gabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948)
sold EUR 13,000
Lot 419 : House mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 700
Lot 420 : Small standing protective figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Hotel des ventes d' Enghien, Paris, 25 juin 2000, no 11,1
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Luntu
sold EUR 300
Lot 422 : Stuhl
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 423 : Sickle knife "trumbash"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Old French Collection, Namur
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Ornamental knife
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Janushead crest
D. R. Congo / Gabon, Mbete
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Two anklets
D. R. Congo, Mbole
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 80
Lot 428 : Curved knife
D. R. Congo, Ngbandi
Jean David, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 431 : Pendant "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany American Private Collection, New Jersey
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 432 : Horned mask "giphogo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 433 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium Randy Kahn, Tarzana, USA
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 434 : Female power figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Rungu
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 435 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Saka
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 436 : Mask "kasangu"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Christoph Bergrac, Montpellier, France
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 438 : Bracelet
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Biesmans, Bilzen, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Songye
Lore Kegel and Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (acquired in Kabinda-Kasai, 1959)
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 441 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 442 : Standing male power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Gerald Dannenberg, New York, USA (1925-2005)
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Standing male figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Lempertz, Brussels, 5.11.1994, lot 83 Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 444 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Suku
not available anymore
Lot 445 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 446 : Cup
D. R. Congo, Suku
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15. November 2008, lot 105
sold EUR 300
Lot 447 : Small power figure
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 448 : Knife
D. R. Congo, Teke
French Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 449 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Gérard Boyer, Paris, France Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 450 : Slit drum "nkonko"
D. R. Congo, Yombe
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 451 : Head
D. R. Congo, Zombo/Yaka
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Figural fragment of a power figure "nkosi"
D. R. Congo, Zombo
Peter Ackermann, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Two equestrians
Cameroon, Kotoko
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 500
Lot 454 : Equestrian
Cameroon, Kotoko
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 455 : Christian painting
Ethiopia
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Bench for cutting
Ethiopia, Gurage
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 400
Lot 457 : Three-legged stool
Ethiopia, Jimma
collected in situ, 1961/62
sold EUR 400
Lot 458 : Shield
Uganda, Ganda
German Colonial Collection (before 1914)
sold EUR 1,000