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 152 : Female puppet figure, late 19th century
Nigeria, Eket / Ibibio
Robert Banks, Washington, USA
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 153 : Rare figurally carved ritual board, 19th century
Nigeria, Ibibio / Eket
Old English Collection Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 154 : Bell
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 250
Lot 155 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Niger Delta, Ijaw
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 156 : Water spirit headdress
Nigeria, Degema Region, Ijaw,
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 157 : Rare figural sculpture "izemize"
Nigeria, Ishan (Esan)
Dutch Private Collection, Amsterdam (since around 1969)
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Elephant spirit mask "ogbodo enyi"
Nigeria, Izzi
Pierre Robin, Paris, France André Fouquet, France
not available anymore
Lot 159 : Carved tusk
Nigeria, Jekri
not available anymore
Lot 160 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Alexander S. Thomas III, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Kathy van der Pas & Steven van de Raadt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 161 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Private French Collection Christophe Rolley, Bagneux, France Paul and Fabienne Rossi, Westport, New York Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 162 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 163 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 164 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 165 : Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana", before 1969
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 166 : Oval bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
French Private Collection Yasmina Chenoufi, Paris, France (2009)
not available anymore
Lot 167 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 168 : Small bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
not available anymore
Lot 169 : Pair of bracelets
Nigeria, Urhobo / Igbo
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Benin / Nigeria, Ketu, Yoruba
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1984) Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden (1986)
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Equestrian on horseback
Nigeria, Yoruba
Marvin Chasin, London, Great Britain Frederick Hanley, Bournemouth, England (2011) Jan Kusters, Maastricht, The Netherlands Rut van Caelenbergh, Brussels, Belgium (2017)
not available anymore
Lot 172 : Altar figure of a female notable
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Klaus Hochapfel, Darmstadt, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 174 : Ritual staff "opa orere" or "opa osun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 450
Lot 176 : Helmet mask, before 1914
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamenda, Oku Region
Museum Wedel / Knoop, Germany (1948 / 49) Private Collection, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 177 : Mask of a leader "kam"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Babanki
Jean Pierre Diane (1967) Ernst and Ruth Anspach, New York, USA Sotheby's New York, May 15, 2003, lot 113 Merton Simpson, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Early and rare leopard headdress "fe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Old German Collection, Stollberg/ Saxony (before 1920)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 180 : Anthropomorphic mask
Gabon, Fang / Nzebi
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Hendrik Elias, Wieze, Belgium (1992) Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1998) Alfons Bermel, Obersteinbach, France Zemanek-Münster, 5 March 2011, Lot 302 French Private Collection
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 181 : Ancestor mask "moghondzi"
Gabon, Vuvi / Tsogho / Sango
collected in 1927 Pierre Robin, "Arts primitifs", Paris, France
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 182 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Azande, Chefferie Yambio
Old British Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 183 : Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, Azande
Old British Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 184 : Horn / trumpet ("oliphant")
D. R. Congo, Azande / Mangbetu
Georges François Wtterwulghe, Belgian Commandant of the Lado Enclave, January 1903 - March 1904 (died 8 May 1904)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 185 : Ornamental pin
D. R. Congo, Azande
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Pipe bowl in the form of a warthog
D. R. Congo, Azande / Mangbetu
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Plaited shield of a warrior "kpawangbwada"
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 188 : Kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo / Gabon, Lumbo
not available anymore
Lot 189 : Crucifix "nkangi kiditu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Crucifix with figure "nkangi kiditu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Banda / Nzakara
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 192 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
H.K. Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 194 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Bwaka (Ngbaka)
Old British Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 195 : Young maiden spirit mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 196 : Figural comb fragment "cisakulo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Comb with equestrian figure "cisakulo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe / Solongo
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Comb with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, Kuba / Lele / Bushoong
not available anymore
Lot 200 : Raffia weaving "mbal" (pl. "bilaam")
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Banque Belgolaise Collection Serge Le Guennan, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 201 : Raffia weaving "mbal" (pl. "bilaam")
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Emmanuel Ameloot, Ghent, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 202 : Raffia weaving "mbal" (pl. "bilaam")
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 800
Lot 203 : Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega / Tale
American Collection, New York
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 204 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
acquired in Brussels, 1965 German Private Collection, Würzburg
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore