A very important Malangan mask.
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Wood, pigment, shell (turbo petholatus opercula), 120 cm high. The Malangan festival is a cycle of rituals by the people of the north coast of New Ireland, an island close to Papua New Guinea. Malangan express many complex religious, legal, and philosophical ideas concerned with honoring and dismissing the dead and affirmation of the clans. Like a legal document, the figures are part of the negotiation and claims of the transmission of rights to land. The Malangan objects were created to be used a single time and then destroyed. (VJ)
Provenance:
Anthony Meyer, Paris;
An important private collection, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
28.06.2023 - 15:30
- Realized price: **
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EUR 15,600.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 16,000.- to EUR 18,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 12,000.-
A very important Malangan mask.
Wood, pigment, shell (turbo petholatus opercula), 120 cm high. The Malangan festival is a cycle of rituals by the people of the north coast of New Ireland, an island close to Papua New Guinea. Malangan express many complex religious, legal, and philosophical ideas concerned with honoring and dismissing the dead and affirmation of the clans. Like a legal document, the figures are part of the negotiation and claims of the transmission of rights to land. The Malangan objects were created to be used a single time and then destroyed. (VJ)
Provenance:
Anthony Meyer, Paris;
An important private collection, Amsterdam.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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Auction: | Tribal Art |
Auction type: | Online auction |
Date: | 28.06.2023 - 15:30 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 24.06. - 28.06.2023 |
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