Kwoma water spirit mask.
Wood, 310 x 33 x 30 cm.
The largest wooden masks known in Melanesia, these gigantic masks were used to embody the riverspirit. According to Douglas Newton ‘this type has a snake. In this type the face has a flange-beard like those of the Nukuma. The Kwoma say that this is the oldest style of mindja, and that it was copied from people to the northeast, like those of the Nukuma.
The Kwoma say that this is the oldest style of mindja, and that it was copied from people to the northeast.
The other mask is now in the Watermill foundation, New York.
Provenance:
Völkerkundliche Sammlung der Steyler Missionare in Blönried Wurth.
Loed Van Bussel, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
04.12.2018 - 14:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Kwoma water spirit mask.
Wood, 310 x 33 x 30 cm.
The largest wooden masks known in Melanesia, these gigantic masks were used to embody the riverspirit. According to Douglas Newton ‘this type has a snake. In this type the face has a flange-beard like those of the Nukuma. The Kwoma say that this is the oldest style of mindja, and that it was copied from people to the northeast, like those of the Nukuma.
The Kwoma say that this is the oldest style of mindja, and that it was copied from people to the northeast.
The other mask is now in the Watermill foundation, New York.
Provenance:
Völkerkundliche Sammlung der Steyler Missionare in Blönried Wurth.
Loed Van Bussel, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 04.12.2018 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.12. - 04.12.2018 |