October 18, 2014

78th tribal art auction

Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America as well as objects from the pre-Columbian period. Ivory insignia of the ‚bwami‘ society. African dolls from the Bofinger Collection, Stuttgart (Germany).

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Highlights

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Lot 3: Shield "kliau"
Lot 34: Spirit board "malu"
Lot 45: Overmodeled ancestor skull
Lot 47: Skull hut "kosa"
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Lot 54: Figure of a goddess
Lot 63: Anthropomorphic torso
Lot 107: Fertility doll
Lot 114: Doll
Lot 147: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 198: Maternité
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Lot 203: Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Lot 220: Mask "zakpai"
Lot 229: Heddle pulley "kono"
Lot 245: Anthropomorphic figure "kafigelejo"
Lot 248: Standing female figure
Lot 273: Waist pendant or hip ornament: human face
Lot 276: Lid of a box
Lot 282: Standing female figure
Lot 283: Standing female figure
Lot 307: Figural carved headdress
Lot 379: Bell "omo" of the "ogboni" society
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Lot 387: Figure of mother and child "lefem"
Lot 393: Post
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Lot 415: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 421: Mask
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Lot 422: Maiden spirit mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 423: Mask "mwana pwo"
Lot 439: Hat "sawamazembe"
Lot 440: Small standing figure
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Lot 459: Anthropomorphic headrest "musamo"
Lot 475: Figure "okifa"
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Lot 490: Mask "kifwebe"
Lot 496: Power figure "nkisi" with turned head
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Lot 497: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 505: Power figure
Lot 508: Figural object
Lot 516: Large mask
Lot 539: Face mask

78th tribal art auction

Lot 203 : Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 204 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Heinz Reschke, Frankfurt, Germany (collected in situ in the 1930's) from 1934-38 H. Reschke was scholar and assistant of Leo Frobenius. Later he worked as curator at the Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt.
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 206 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 600
Lot 207 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 800
Lot 208 : Miniature figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 150
Lot 209 : Male face mask of the "goli" group "kplekple yaswa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 210 : Male face mask of the "goli" group "kplekple yaswa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 211 : Helmet mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 212 : Portrait mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 213 : Mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA, purchased in Abidjian, Ivory Coast in 1974 from a former American Peace Corps Volunteer who had been given it by villagers in the Baule region of the country where he worked as a teacher.
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 215 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450
Lot 216 : Dignitary staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 217 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Jan Visser, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 218 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 219 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany (1960's) Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 220 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan - Diomandé
Charles Maier, Los Angeles, USA
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 221 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Swiss Collection, Lausanne
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 222 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
French Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 223 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Pierre Guerre, Marseille, France Loudmer, Paris, 20 juin 1996, Lot 42 Christie's Amsterdam, 11 december 2001, lot 2533
not available anymore
Lot 224 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Pierre Guerre, Marseille, France Loudmer, Paris, 20 juin 1996, lot 43 Christie's Amsterdam, 11 december 2001, lot 2533
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan - Diomandé
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 226 : Small head sculpture
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Minderman, The Hague, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 227 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 228 : Horned mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Ariane Deluz-Chiva, Lausanne, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 229 : Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
collected in situ in Bamako, Mali (1976) Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 230 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini
English Private Collection
sold EUR 750
Lot 231 : Top of a speakers staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 232 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Sean Rice, Great Britain
sold EUR 280
Lot 233 : Two masks
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Hans-Wilhelm Wittmeier, Rösrath, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 234 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Max Itzikovitz, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,350
Lot 235 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 236 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
American Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 237 : Small female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 150
Lot 238 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 239 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 240 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Eduard Tschopp, Mutenz, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 241 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 242 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 243 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 244 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Lot 245 : Anthropomorphic figure "kafigelejo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Maureen Zarember, New York City, USA
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Small bird "sejen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Kim & Daniela Redlich, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 247 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wobé
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 248 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé
collected by a French colonial administrator
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 249 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Abron
sold EUR 250
Lot 250 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Akan
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 251 : Goldweight: Leopard with prey (antelope)
Ghana, Akan
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 252 : Goldweight: Leopard with prey (antelope)
Ghana, Akan
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris, France
sold EUR 650