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 403 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Sean Rice, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 404 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 405 : Small male figure
Gabon, Tsogho
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's Paris, 20 Juin 2006, lot 178
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 406 : Stool
D. R. Congo
not available anymore
Lot 407 : Three blades
D. R. Congo
sold EUR 150
Lot 408 : Two necklaces
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Bracelet
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Dutch Colonial Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 410 : Ritual object
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 411 : Ritual basket
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 412 : Seated figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 413 : Seated figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 414 : Crucifix
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Dutch Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 415 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA Cecilia and Irwin Smiley, New York, USA Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 2002, lot 129 Gérard Wahl-Boyer, Paris, France Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
sold EUR 17,500
Lot 416 : Figural group in colon style
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Pierre Valmont, Nimes, France
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Small standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 418 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Boa/Bango
not available anymore
Lot 419 : Mask "moshambwooy"
D. R. Congo, Bushoong
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 420 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 421 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 422 : Maiden spirit mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
collected in situ by a Belgian priest in the 1950's (he received the mask by appreciative villagers for his assistance in building a health clinic in their village) Ken Adleman Collection, USA (1975) Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 423 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Belgium Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain
sold EUR 650
Lot 425 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
sold EUR 360
Lot 426 : Mat
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 600
Lot 427 : Bellow
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 428 : Standing female ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 429 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Ape mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
not available anymore
Lot 431 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
sold EUR 450
Lot 433 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Helmet mask "bwoom"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
collected in the 1950s
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 435 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Dutch Private Collection Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 436 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba, Bembe, Kuyu-Goma (Havu?)
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Walter Schweizer, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Mug with handle for palm wine
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Eduard Tschopp, Mutenz, Switzerland
sold EUR 540
Lot 438 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Loudmer, Paris, 6. December 1986, Lot 252 Reginald Groux, Paris, France Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, Italy Randy Kahn, Tarzana, USA
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 439 : Hat "sawamazembe"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 440 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Henri Kamer, Cannes/Paris, France Lempertz Brussels, 25. April 2009, lot 116
not available anymore
Lot 441 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jay T. Last, Los Angeles, USA John A. Buxton, Dallas, USA
not available anymore
Lot 442 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
M. Vladimir Sisman, France
not available anymore
Lot 444 : Small female figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
German Private Collection, Munich
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 445 : Fragment of a male figur of the "bwami" association
D. R. Congo, Lega
Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 446 : Standing hunchback figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
René Withofs, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 447 : Head sculpture
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Janiform figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 449 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 450 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Lega
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 451 : Small whistle
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Small head sculpture
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 1,000