94th Tribal Art Auction
Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Oceania, Asia and America. The Stockholm Tribal Art Collection of Peter Willborg (special catalogue). Art works from Africa and Oceani from the Swiss private collection of Walter Stanley Schwab. Pre-Columbian artworks from the German private collection of Anna Maria Posset.
Highlights
Peru, Middle Coast, Chancay CultureUlrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany (2005/06)sold EUR 1,500
Lot 153Helmet mask "nahua"
Unknown artist, Mexico, Guerrero, ZitlalaAmerican Private Collectionsold EUR 2,600
Brehm, Dr. Alfred Edmundnot available anymore
Burton, Sir Richard F.sold EUR 400
Cook, Jamessold EUR 3,000
Lot 157Africa
Dapper, Olfert (1636/1639-1689/1690)sold EUR 2,200
Lot 158Voyage au Sénégal
Durand, Jean-Baptiste-Léonard (1742-1812)sold EUR 1,200
Lot 159Africa and its exploration
Livingstone, David; Henry Morton Stanley among otherssold EUR 400
Lot 160Ludolfi Historia Aethiopica
Ludolf, Hiobsold EUR 1,500
Mungo-Park, M.sold EUR 300
Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers F.R.S.sold EUR 400
Unknown authorsold EUR 225
Lot 164Ethiopian manuscript
Unknown authorsold EUR 300
Unknown authorsold EUR 300
Unknown authorsold EUR 850
Lot 167Canoe paddle, before 1914
Salomonen - Buka or Bougainville IslandWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 316")sold EUR 800
Lot 168Dance club, before 1914
Salomonen - Buka or Bougainville IslandWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 315")sold EUR 400
Lot 169Spear
New Caledonia, KanakWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerlandsold EUR 350
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purari Delta, Maipua / ElemaWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 108")sold EUR 600
Sierra Leone, Sapi / SherbroPaolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland (1976) Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 88")sold EUR 3,600
Lot 172Head sculpture "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Sapi / SherbroWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 247") (1976)sold EUR 500
Lot 173Small figure "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, KissiWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 396")sold EUR 450
Lot 174Male half figure "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, KissiWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 86")sold EUR 600
Sierra Leone, KissiWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 234") (1978)sold EUR 1,500
Sierra Leone, MendePaolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 162") (1977)sold EUR 1,000
Liberia, Nimba County, ManoPaolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland ("413") Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 428") (1978)sold EUR 400
Lot 178Anthropomorphic figure
Mali, DogonHans Kohler, Switzerland Han Coray (1880-1974), Zurich/Agnuzzo, Switzerland ("HC 19") Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 445") (1971)sold EUR 500
Côte d'Ivoire, Bouaké Region, BaulePaolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland ("418") Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 496") (2000)sold EUR 1,200
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleRené Gardi (1909-2000), Bern, Switzerland (coll. in situ in the late 1940s/early 1950s) Serge Brignoni (1903-2002), Bern, Switzerland (mid-1950s) Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 464") (1996)sold EUR 1,700
Lot 182Guardian mask
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 380")sold EUR 400
Lot 183Helmet mask "bo nun amuin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Bouakè, Baulepresumably Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 233") (1978)sold EUR 1,000
Côte d'Ivoire, DanBritish Collection, London Charles Sollberger, Bern/Biel, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 155") (1958)sold EUR 400
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro / YaureWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 361")sold EUR 650
Lot 186Door of a granary
Côte d'Ivoire, Korhogo Region, SenufoHan Coray (1880-1974), Zurich/Agnuzzo, Switzerland ("HC 30") Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland (1976) Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 166")sold EUR 900
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoRené Gardi (1909-2000), Bern, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (1955)sold EUR 900
Lot 191Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Akinola, son of Faleye, Nigeria, Yoruba, Joga Orile villageWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 349")sold EUR 1,000
Nigeria, Yoruba, AbeokutaWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 263 A/B")sold EUR 1,000
D. R. Congo, Northern Shaba Region, Maniema Area, HembaGeorges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Paris, France Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 212") (1980)not available anymore
Lot 196Two power figures
D. R. CongoWalter Stanley Schwab), Murten, Switzerland (coll. in situ, 1968/69) (a & b)sold EUR 400
D. R. Congo, Lower Congo province / Northern Angola, BambonaGottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland Arnold Bamert, Solothurn, Switzerland (1967 or 1970) Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 555") (2005)sold EUR 3,200
D. R. Congo, SongyeWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 94") (2001)sold EUR 1,600
Lot 201Power figure "khosi"
D. R. Congo, Suku / HoloWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 261") (coll. in situ, 1969/70)sold EUR 350
Lot 202Rare power figure with bowl
D. R. Congo / Angola, HoloWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 82") (1968/69)sold EUR 750
Lot 203Power figure "khosi"
D. R. Congo, Yaka / SukuWalter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 620") (1968/69)sold EUR 400
Lot 204Small male power figure
D. R. Congo, ZomboNetterson, Antwerp, Belgium Nadya Levi & Hermann Norden, Antwerp, Belgium Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland ("WS 218") (1980)sold EUR 300
Lot 206Throwing knife
Sudannot available anymore
Lot 207Oval bracelet
Sudan / Kongo-Kinshasa, Mangbetu or Azandenot available anymore
Liberia, BassaChristophe Rolley, Bagneux, France (2019)not available anymore
Guinea, BagaArgiles, Paris, France (2007) John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 210Rare mask "okobuzogui"
Guinea/ Liberia, Toma/ LomaPaul & Peggy Rabut, Westport / Connecticut, USAsold EUR 2,000