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photo Kachina dolls

North America | New Mexico

Kachina dolls

photo Pictorial storage jar

North America | U.S.A.

Pictorial storage jar

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Mendi Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Mendi Shield

photo Lele mask

Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele mask

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Flute stopper

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Flute stopper

photo Yup’ik Mask

North America | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

photo Exceptional Torso

North America | Alaska

Exceptional Torso

New AcQuisitions | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

photo Dance Ornament

New AcQuisitions | New Ireland

Dance Ornament

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kota Obamba Figure

Africa | Gabon

Kota Obamba Figure

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Bamileke Figure

Africa | Cameroon

Bamileke Figure

photo Thule Figure

North America | Alaska

Thule Figure

photo Ibeji Yoruba

Africa | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

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3 more days to enjoy our selection for @santafevir

3 more days to enjoy our selection for @santafevirtual’s Winter Show! You can discover among our curation this Tsimshian shamanic mask from the Northwest coast of Canada. One of the first collectors of art from the region was none other than Captain James Cook! He gathered ethnographic materials as part of his general fact-finding endeavours in 1778.

For hundreds of years, human groups have lived on the shores of British Columbia on the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada. These civilizations have developed cultures of an exceptional originality based on complex cosmogonies. Their systems of belief and healing, founded on shamanism, engendered powerful and intensely poetic forms of art.

With the Haida to the west, with whom they had frequent contact, the Tsimshian used masks at chiefly feasts, in winter dances, and in shamanic performances.
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Tsimshian or Haisla shamanic mask
Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Carved wood and pigments 19th century
Height: 29 cm - 11 ½ in.

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Today begins @santafevirtual’s Winter Show! Let’s meet up online until January 18, 2021, during this international Historical Native and Tribal Art show. We are available to answer any queries about the pieces presented, such as these sacred and powerful statuettes of twins by the Yoruba people.

The statuettes linked to twin worship, are called ere ibeji in the Yoruba language: ere signifying a sacred image, ibi born and eji a double. Symbols of prestige, wealth and fecundity, ere ibeji figures also guaranteed the perpetuation of future generations.

These effigies of ancestors were an integral part of everyday activities, punctuating the family life of the Yoruba. Subject to very codified rituals, ere ibeji figures were pampered, with their care including feeding, washing and oiling. They were considered to be living beings, a reincarnation of ancestor-twins. Representations always showed them at the peak of their strength and power in adulthood.
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Ere Ibeji twin figures
Yoruba people
Igbomina area, Nigeria
Omu Aran style
Carved wood, pigments and beads Early 20th century
Height: 28 & 29 cm - 11 & 11 ½ in.

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Enjoy the last days of the exhibition “In the Ar

Enjoy the last days of the exhibition “In the Arctic... Ancient Eskimo Arts” until January 15th! Currently on display, come and see this delicate set of necklace and earrings from the collection of late George Terasaki, a passionate New York collector and legendary dealer in the ancient arts of North America.

Earrings and necklaces such as these were worn by women of the Kenai Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Peoples of the Gulf of Alaska were, along with the Aleut, among the earliest groups of the region to participate in the fur trade. Consequently, they were exposed at a relatively early date to trade materials.

These ornaments are made largely of exotic materials: the beads originated in Venice or Eastern Europe and Russia, the dentalium shells in Puget Sound. Only the leather, sinew, and marine ivory hooks are of indigenous origin. The display of such ornaments added to the prestige of the wearer.
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Necklace and earrings
Gulf of Alaska
Glass beads, shells, hide
19th century
Height of the necklace: 23 cm - 9 in.
Height of the earrings: 14 cm - 5 ½ in.
Ex collection George Terasaki, New York

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3 more days to enjoy our selection for @santafevir

3 more days to enjoy our selection for @santafevirtual’s Winter Show! You can discover among our curation this Tsimshian shamanic mask from the Northwest coast of Canada. One of the first collectors of art from the region was none other than Captain James Cook! He gathered ethnographic materials as part of his general fact-finding endeavours in 1778.

For hundreds of years, human groups have lived on the shores of British Columbia on the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada. These civilizations have developed cultures of an exceptional originality based on complex cosmogonies. Their systems of belief and healing, founded on shamanism, engendered powerful and intensely poetic forms of art.

With the Haida to the west, with whom they had frequent contact, the Tsimshian used masks at chiefly feasts, in winter dances, and in shamanic performances.
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Tsimshian or Haisla shamanic mask
Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Carved wood and pigments 19th century
Height: 29 cm - 11 ½ in.

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #TsimshianPeople #NativeAmericanArt #NativeAmerican #WoodMask #NativeAmericanMask #NativeAmericanArtWork #NativeAmericanArtCollector #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #TribalArtExpert #TribalArtGallery #TribalArt #ArtAdvisor

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