June 29, 2019

92nd Tribal Art Auction

African art works from the private european collections René Rickli (Olten), Alfred Angst (Zurich), Jürgen Peters (Nuremberg) and Alfred Klinkmüller (Berlin). Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Oceania and Asia.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
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Lot 6: Anthropomorphic suspension hook
Lot 19: Artist-Textile, 1988
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Lot 38: Rare head sculpture of a male notable "zizi"
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Lot 46: Rare fertility doll "okana kositi" ("child from wood"), before 1914
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Lot 49: Very early statue
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Lot 66: Female twin figure "ere ibeji", mid to late 19th century
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Lot 68: Standing male figure
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Lot 77: Drum
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Lot 92: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 96: Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
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Lot 100: Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
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Lot 107: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 108: Large ancestor figure of a tribal chief "singiti"
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Lot 110: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 111: Rare terracotta figure
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Lot 118: Female dance headdress "d'mba"
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Lot 119: Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
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Lot 137: Small anthropomorphic mask with beaded wreath
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Lot 143: Female figure "deblé", 19th century
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Lot 148: Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
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Lot 153: Rare figurally carved ritual board, 19th century
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Lot 160: Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
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Lot 162: Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
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Lot 170: Helmet mask "gelede"
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Lot 171: Equestrian on horseback
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Lot 177: Mask of a leader "kam"
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Lot 180: Anthropomorphic mask
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Lot 181: Ancestor mask "moghondzi"
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Lot 213: Anthropomorphic spoon "kalukili"
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Lot 216: Superb female bowl-bearing figure "mboko"
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Lot 219: Ceremonial ax "kibiki" or "kasolwa"
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Lot 236: Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures
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Lot 242: Female ancestor figure "singiti", late 19th century
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Lot 248: Maternité "phemba"
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Lot 255: Excellent zoomorphic headrest "mutsago" in form of an antelope, 19th century

92nd Tribal Art Auction

Lot 51 : Female figure "tasé"
Burkina Faso, Turka
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2005) Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 52 : Beautiful face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 53 : Mask "kple kple" for "goli" celebrations
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2005) Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 54 : Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
collected around 1960 Bohumil Holas, Abidjan/ Zurich, Nigeria/ Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland R. J., La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 56 : Mask "gu" with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland (1960) Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 57 : Ring of silence "nyi-kar-yi"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Timothy F. Garrard, Korthogo / Ivory Coast, Africa Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Alfred W. Angst, Zurich-Aeugstertal, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 58 : Ring of silence "nyi-kar-yi"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Timothy F. Garrard, Korthogo / Ivory Coast, Africa Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 59 : Ritual figure with helmet mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 60 : Sitting figure
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti / Bono (Brong)
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 61 : Fertility doll "akua'ba"
Ghana, Fante
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 62 : Rattle staff "ukhurhe"
Nigeria, Benin
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Antelope mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 850
Lot 64 : Snake mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio
collected in situ in 1958, Uyo District Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Ernst and Ruth Anspach, New York, USA Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2004) Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 65 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Egbado
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 66 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji", mid to late 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
collected in situ, September 1962 Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1974) Vogler, Basel, 20 May 2011, Lot 41 Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 67 : Friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Vogler, Basel, 20 May 2011, Lot 46 Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 68 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(eastern) - Buyu
Josef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Switzerland René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1985) Hans Baumann (1926-2010), Bern-Muri, Switzerland Koller, Zurich, 5 December 2011, Lot 328 Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 69 : Ritual object for personal protection
D. R. Congo, Songye
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 70 : Rare trunk figure "bampundu"
D. R. Congo, Tabwa
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 450
Lot 71 : Ceremonial dagger "kris" in brass scabbard
Indonesia - Java, Madura Island
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 300
Lot 72 : Fertility doll
Liberia, Bassa
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 73 : Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, Dogon
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 650
Lot 74 : Container with horse head
Mali, Dogon
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland (1969) René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 75 : Beautiful heddle pulley "konantre" with janus head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 76 : Handle of fly-whisk or fan
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 77 : Drum
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 78 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland (1969) René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 79 : Beautiful old face mask "gunye gä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 850
Lot 80 : Anthropomorphic mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 81 : Sitting female figure of the "tyekpa" society
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 82 : Goldweight: two people playing the bean game "mancala"
Ghana, Akan
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 83 : Memorial head "mma"
Ghana, Akan - Kwahu
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 84 : Bowl-bearing mother and child figure "olumeye"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland (1969) René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 400
Lot 85 : Rare triplets "ibeta"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
collected in situ in the 1960s Saxer, Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 86 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba
collected in situ in the 1960s Saxer, Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 87 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon
collected in situ in the 1960s Saxer, Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 88 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ogbomosho
collected in situ in the 1960s Saxer, Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 89 : Figural lid of a "woota Eyinle" receptacle
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, "Rival of Abatan"
collected in situ in the 1960s Saxer, Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 90 : Figural kola nut receptacle "fuwu"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bamum
collected in 1914 René Salanon, Paris, France Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1969) René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 600
Lot 91 : Headdress "ngontang" with three faces
Gabon, Fang / Tsogho
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 92 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota, Ndassa
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 17,000
Lot 93 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota, Obamba
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 94 : Ritual gong "mokenge"
Gabon, Lumbo - Punu
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 95 : Ritual gong "mokenge"
Gabon, Tsogho
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 96 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 97 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
René Salanon, Paris, France Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1969) Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 850
Lot 98 : Small face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 99 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Shira-Punu
René Salanon, Paris, France Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1969) Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 100 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Vuvi / Tsogho
L' Abbaye Blanche, Mortain, France (Nunnery of Cistercian nuns) Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore