Galerie FlakAncient arts: Africa, Oceania, North America

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17 - 22 June

Paris Tribal 2021

June 3rd, 2021

New Exhibition !
Now !

Phantom
War Shields of Papua New Guinea

24 - 27 June

Bourgogne Tribal Show 2021

Faces, visible – invisible

New Publication!

War clubs from Oceania

Katsinam

New AcQuisitions

photo War Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

photo Lobi figure

Africa | Burkina Faso

Lobi figure

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

New AcQuisitions | Australia

Churinga

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kachina Doll

North America | New Mexico, USA

Kachina Doll

photo Totokia club

New AcQuisitions | Fiji

Totokia club

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Gope

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

North America | Canada

Spoon

photo Bambara Antelope

Africa | Mali

Bambara Antelope

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Africa | Nigeria

Ibeji

photo Thule Whale

North America | Alaska

Thule Whale

photo Thule Seal

North America | Alaska

Thule Seal

photo Clay doll

North America | U.S.A.

Clay doll

photo Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

photo Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

North America

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Gope

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We are thrilled to announce the opening of @ParisT

We are thrilled to announce the opening of @ParisTribal today with 25 participating galleries!

June 17-22 in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris 6th
Late opening on June 17 until 9pm

Our new acquisitions in ancients arts of Africa, Oceania and North America include these two early Hopi Kachina dolls from Arizona.
Kachina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, kachina dolls constituted a teaching tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.

Come and discover our selection of kachinas at the gallery! __ Nuvak Katsina – Snow Kachina doll
Height: 8 ½ in. (22 cm)

Tuskiapaya Katsina - Crazy Rattle Kachina doll
Height: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm)

Hopi, Arizona, USA Circa 1910

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Save the date: @ParisTribal begins in 3 days! From

Save the date: @ParisTribal begins in 3 days! From June 17th to 22nd, Galerie Flak presents a sensational collection of ten New Guinea shields along with a selection of sculptures from Africa, Oceania and North America.

For the opening of the show, Hubert Langmann, one of the authors of “Man Who Cannot Die: Phantom Shields of the New Guinea Highlands” will be at the gallery for a book-signing event!

In his publication, Mr Langmann from Austria addresses the implications of The Phantom’s depiction on war shields.

This new book “Man Who Cannot Die: Phantom Shields of the New Guinea Highlands” is an exhaustive study of Phantom shields. It features essays by a number of experts in the field, placing the shields within their historical, cultural, and cosmological contexts. A catalog section illustrates 105 examples from museum and private collections in North America, Europe, and the Antipodes, drawn from a research group of some 150 shields, which represent the majority of known examples.

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An unprecedented encounter between Pop Culture and

An unprecedented encounter between Pop Culture and Papua New Guinea art at Galerie Flak!

A Western comics superhero, the Phantom or “The Man who Cannot Die” became the central figure on shields of Highlands warriors following the return to intertribal fighting in the 1970s.

Discover 10 stunning Phantom war shields in our current exhibition. By incorporating images of the “The Man who Cannot Die” on their shields, Highlands warriors hoped to capture some of his symbolic power and instill fear among their opponents.

The Phantom superhero was probably introduced in the Pacific as early as the 1940s through comic strips read by American soldiers during WW2. The adventures of the Phantom were widely publicized in New Guinea newspapers from the 1970s onwards. This character quickly became a cult figure, especially in the Highlands.
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Phantom war shield
Wahgi Valley, Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Second half of the 20th century
Height: 161 cm, width: 57 cm
The writings on the shields read:
Phantom “MAN I NO DAI” (meaning “THE MAN WHO NEVER DIES”)
Ex collection Chris Boylan, Australia

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We are thrilled to announce the opening of @ParisT

We are thrilled to announce the opening of @ParisTribal today with 25 participating galleries!

June 17-22 in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris 6th
Late opening on June 17 until 9pm

Our new acquisitions in ancients arts of Africa, Oceania and North America include these two early Hopi Kachina dolls from Arizona.
Kachina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, kachina dolls constituted a teaching tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.

Come and discover our selection of kachinas at the gallery! __ Nuvak Katsina – Snow Kachina doll
Height: 8 ½ in. (22 cm)

Tuskiapaya Katsina - Crazy Rattle Kachina doll
Height: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm)

Hopi, Arizona, USA Circa 1910

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #ParisTribal #ParisTribal2021 #ExploreParisTribal #KachinaDoll #HopiPeople #NuvakKatsina #SnowKachina #TuskiapayaKatsina #CrazyRattleKachina #NativeAmericanArt #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanArtCollector #ArtCollector #ArtAdvisor

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