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 101 : Crucifix "nkangi kiditu", 19th century
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
French Missionary Collection (Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit) Abbaye Notre-Dame de Langonnet, Musée Africain, France (since 1894) Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 102 : Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 103 : Figure with pipebowl-shaped headpiece
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 104 : Small anthropomorphic bust "kalimbangoma"
D. R. Congo, Lega
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 105 : Mask "muyombo"
D. R. Congo, Pende
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 106 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 107 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba, Nkuvu Style
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 108 : Large ancestor figure of a tribal chief "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba, Nkuvu Style
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 109 : Ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 110 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 111 : Rare terracotta figure
Chad, Sao
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,250
Lot 112 : Bracelet
Sudan
sold EUR 350
Lot 113 : Headrest
Sudan, Dinka
Pascal Ginailhac, "African Heritage", Brussels, Belgium (2003)
not available anymore
Lot 114 : Bracelet
Sudan, Darfur / Omdurman, Fur oder Nuba
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 115 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowel" of the "sande" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 116 : Standing female figure "kamba"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Old British Collection
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 117 : Mask "banda" or "kumbaruba"
Guinea, Baga / Nalu
Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 118 : Female dance headdress "d'mba"
Guinea, Baga
Said to have been bought in Paris in 1950 Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France Morat-Institut für Kunst- und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg i. B., Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany (2006) Jean-Hugues Rinck, Haguenau, France
sold EUR 22,000
Lot 119 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Maître Blanchet et associés, Paris-Drouot, 21 September 2004, Lot 237 Collection Musée de Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (2017)
not available anymore
Lot 120 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 600
Lot 121 : Monkey mask "wankr"
Burkina Faso, Bwa / Winiama / Nuna
not available anymore
Lot 122 : Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa
French Private Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 123 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 124 : Ornamental pendant
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 125 : Antelope mask "wan-nyaka"
Burkina Faso, Mossi / Samo / Dafing
Duke University, Durham / North Carolina, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 126 : Chief's doorpost
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Galerie Michael Neumann, Düsseldorf, Germany
Price EUR 1,800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 127 : Mask with vertical crest
Burkina Faso, Winiama
H.K. Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 500
Lot 128 : Powder container
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 129 : Pendant in shape of a knife sheath
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 130 : Prestige object: two people playing the bean game ("mancala")
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 131 : Zoomorphic heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 132 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Harlin Rander, Tennessee, USA Zemanek-Münster, 22 September 2007, Lot 234 Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 133 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
David Henninger, Haguenau, France Zemanek-Münster, 27 February 2016, lot 310
not available anymore
Lot 134 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 135 : Buffalo mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jean-Hugues Rinck, Haguenau, France
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 136 : Face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Old Belgian Collection Zemanek-Münster, 28 May 2011, Lot 166
not available anymore
Lot 137 : Small anthropomorphic mask with beaded wreath
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1979)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 138 : Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Daniel Mohler, Basel, Switzerland (by inheritance from his parents)
sold EUR 800
Lot 139 : Face mask of the "do" society
Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi
Private Collection, Rhineland, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 140 : Staff "tefalipitya" ("hoe-work-girl")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Manfred Magin, Weinheim, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Zemanek-Münster, 22 March 2014, Lot 213
not available anymore
Lot 141 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 53
sold EUR 300
Lot 142 : Maternité "katyelèô" ("mother of the village")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
La Reine Margot, Paris, France Heinz Plester, Gladbeck, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,200
Lot 143 : Female figure "deblé", 19th century
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Sikasso region
Joseph Menges, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany. Joseph Menges, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany. Menges, who died between 1909 and 1912, worked for Carl Hagenbeck, the founder of the famous „Tierpark Hagenbeck“ in Hamburg as animal dealer and spent most of his life hunting animals throughout Africa. Zemanek-Münster, 19. September 2009, lot 188
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 145 : Small face mask "kpélié" with kapok fruit, around 1940
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Songuifolo Silué (ca.1914-1986)
Stefan Lang, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 146 : Female singer mask "nineagla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè / Guéré / Wobé
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris (2002) Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Rive Gauche, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 70
not available anymore
Lot 147 : Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
sold EUR 500
Lot 148 : Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France French Private Collection, Paris (1974) Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris,18 Octobre 1999, Lot 248 Frederic Picq, Genève, Switzerland (2002) Christophe Rolley, Bagneux, France Mark Eglinton, New York, USA (No 4345)
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 149 : Maternité "esi mansa"
Ghana, Akan / Fante
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 150 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
American Collection, New York
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 151 : Miniature bell "eroro"
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo
Belgian Private Collection (ca.1985)
sold EUR 300