March 21, 2015

79th Tribal Art Auction

Impacts for the creations of Classical Modernism: Masterful carvings from West and Central Africa. Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America. Objects of the pre-Columbian age.

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Highlights

Lot 39: Hook mask "garra"
Lot 42: Board "malu"
Lot 98: Mask "gunye gä"
Lot 111: Sawfish mask
Lot 118: Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Lot 119: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 120: Monkey mask "ngon"
Lot 121: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 133: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 134: Figure of a hermaphrodite
Lot 144: Ceremonial container
Lot 166: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/3
Lot 167: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 168: Maternité
Lot 169: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo"- group
1/4
Lot 170: Excellent portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 171: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 172: Anthropomorphic mask of the "mblo" group
1/2
Lot 192: Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
1/3
Lot 193: Superb mask "djela"
Lot 194: Mask with side lobe
1/3
Lot 209: Mask "kpelié"
Lot 271: Two female shrine figures "alusi"
Lot 294: Dance staff "oshe shango"
1/2
Lot 356: Reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
1/2
Lot 357: Rare old dance mask "asu nkukh"
Lot 361: Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Lot 364: Mask "okuyi"
Lot 368: Trumpet
Lot 398: Dignitary staff
Lot 399: Standing female figure
Lot 407: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 419: Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
1/2
Lot 431: Small standing figure
1/3
Lot 460: Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
Lot 489: Caryatid stool

79th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 101 : Helmet mask "gbetu"
Liberia, Gola
Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (acquired 1969)
Sold EUR 450
Lot 102 : Currency
Liberia, Kru
Sold EUR 400
Lot 103 : Rare Mask
Liberia, Mano
Hayden & Odette Walling (collected in Liberia in the 1950’s)
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 104 : Male stone figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 105 : Standing female figure "kambei"
Sierra Leone, Limba/Mende
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 106 : Standing female figure "lomba" or "kambei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 107 : Standing female figure "lomba" or "kambei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 108 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Mary Sue & Peter Paul Rosen, USA
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 109 : Helmet mask "sowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Not available anymore
Lot 110 : Helmet mask "sowei" of "sande" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Sold EUR 3,400
Lot 111 : Sawfish mask
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 113 : Antelope mask
Mali, Bamana/Bozo
Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 114 : Mask with long horns
Mali, Bamana
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23. November 2002, lot 119
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 115 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Paul Mahier, California, USA
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 116 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Geert Hendrik van der Zee, Oostzaan, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 117 : Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 118 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Mali, Bamana
Mark Turner, New York, USA · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 119 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 120 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, Bamana
Belgium Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 121 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 122 : Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 123 : Janus-headed half figure
Mali, Bamana
Old Museum Collection · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24. Februar 2001, Lot 280 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 125 : Seated female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
British Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 126 : Standing male figure
Mali, Bamana
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 127 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
English Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 128 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 129 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 131 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Nicolas Labrovsky (1963) · Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 132 : Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, Dogon
André Aeschlimann, Rochefort, Switzerland · Antonio Fiacco, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 133 : Anthropomorphic mask
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 134 : Figure of a hermaphrodite
Mali, Dogon
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 8,800
Lot 135 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 136 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA (1970’s)
Sold EUR 1,150
Lot 137 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 138 : Kneeling female figure
Mali, Dogon
Carl Ashby, New York, USA
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 139 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 140 : Small figure with knife-shaped superstructure
Mali, Dogon
Sold EUR 650
Lot 141 : Small female figure
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 142 : Standing figure
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 143 : Figural fragment
Mali, Dogon
Not available anymore
Lot 144 : Ceremonial container
Mali, Dogon
Sotheby’s London,14th December 1959, Lot 193 · Emerson Woelffer, Los Angeles, USA (1960) · Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Not available anymore
Lot 145 : Mask "kore"
Mali, Marka
Swiss Private Collection (1982)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 146 : Ancestor vessel
Niger, Bura culture
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany · Bruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Sold EUR 450
Lot 147 : Anthropomorphic head
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 148 : Colon figure: Soldier
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Not available anymore
Lot 149 : Janus figure "bateba ti bala"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Madeleine Keller, Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 150 : Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Müller, Davos, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 151 : Couple "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 152 : Standing female protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
French Private Collection, Paris (2000)
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 153 : Seated figure "bateba bambar"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 2. Mai 2007, lot 164 · Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore