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 359 : Top of a post
Gabon, Kota
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 360 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 361 : Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Gabon, Kota, Obamba or Mindumu
David Weissmann, Tel Aviv, Israel Weissmann Family Collection, Tel Aviv / Haifa, Israel (1975)
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 362 : Maske "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 363 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 364 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 365 : Mask
Gabon, Tsogho
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 366 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Tsogho
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 367 : Three weapons
D. R. Congo
Dietmar Scheidt, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 368 : Trumpet
Nigeria, Eket
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, USA Joseph & Doris Gerofsky, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 369 : Horn
D. R. Congo, Azande
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Roswitha von Bergmann, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 11. November 2004, lot 299
not available anymore
Lot 370 : Trumpet
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 700
Lot 371 : Slit drum
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 700
Lot 372 : Two hairpins
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 500
Lot 373 : Mat
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 374 : Bell "kunda"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 375 : Dignitary staff "mwala"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Private Collection, England Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 376 : Kneeling female figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Private Collection, England Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 377 : Figural charm
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 500
Lot 378 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 900
Lot 379 : Upper part of a whistle
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 380 : Colon figure: Man with pipe
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
British Collection
sold EUR 240
Lot 381 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
not available anymore
Lot 382 : Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 9,000
Lot 383 : Small female figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Yannick de Hondt, Bruges, Belgium French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 384 : Seated male figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 385 : Standing female figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
American Private Collection, New York
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 386 : Male power figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 387 : Miniature fetish
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 388 : Helmet mask "tshibangabanga"
D. R. Congo, Bindji
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 390 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
American Private Collection, Florida
not available anymore
Lot 391 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 392 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
not available anymore
Lot 393 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Swiss Collection, Geneva
not available anymore
Lot 394 : Elephant
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
not available anymore
Lot 395 : Pangolin
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Axe and comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 397 : Flute
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France Portuguese Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 398 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Belgian Private Collection, Liège
not available anymore
Lot 399 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
French Colonial Collection, Paris Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 400 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 500
Lot 401 : Standing Colon figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 402 : Anthropomorphic cup
D. R. Congo, Dengese
American Collection, Hawaii
not available anymore
Lot 403 : Maske
D. R. Congo, Hemba
not available anymore
Lot 404 : Half figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
not available anymore
Lot 405 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 406 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 407 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Joseph Leon Christiaens, Belgium, collected in situ Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 408 : Mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, Holo
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3. März 2012, lot 214
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Standing male figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 550