Mixed lot (7 items): Makiritare Indians (also known as Yekuana or Mayongong), in Venezuela, on either side of the Brazilian border: a chief’s stool, a bone flute, and feather ornaments.
Mixed lot (7 items): Makiritare Indians (also known as Yekuana or Mayongong), in Venezuela, on either side of the Brazilian border: a chief’s stool, a bone flute, and feather ornaments.
1: A stool in the form of a jaguar, made of hard, reddish wood and painted with black linear patterns. Probably from the property of a chief or other dignitary of the Makiritare. With good usage patina. L: 69 cm, H: 31 cm, W: 21 cm.
2: The bone flute of a shaman. Carved from an animal bone with three finger-holes, the mouthpiece moulded from black tree resin. Overall with good, smooth usage patina. An animal claw (of an eagle?) is attached as an amulet pendant. L: 20.5 cm.
3: Five ornaments with yellow, red and black toucan feathers: two pendants made of pieces of bird’s skin and tied with a string; two ear studs of bamboo cane with feathers, and a labret. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
05.11.2014 - 13:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,000.- to EUR 1,200.-
Mixed lot (7 items): Makiritare Indians (also known as Yekuana or Mayongong), in Venezuela, on either side of the Brazilian border: a chief’s stool, a bone flute, and feather ornaments.
1: A stool in the form of a jaguar, made of hard, reddish wood and painted with black linear patterns. Probably from the property of a chief or other dignitary of the Makiritare. With good usage patina. L: 69 cm, H: 31 cm, W: 21 cm.
2: The bone flute of a shaman. Carved from an animal bone with three finger-holes, the mouthpiece moulded from black tree resin. Overall with good, smooth usage patina. An animal claw (of an eagle?) is attached as an amulet pendant. L: 20.5 cm.
3: Five ornaments with yellow, red and black toucan feathers: two pendants made of pieces of bird’s skin and tied with a string; two ear studs of bamboo cane with feathers, and a labret. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 05.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 31.10. - 05.11.2014 |