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Parcours des Mondes

Arctic Dreams
Last Days!

Parcours des Mondes 2021
Arctic Dreams

Virtual Tour

Arctic Dreams, Archaic Eskimo Art of Alaska

New Publication !

Arctic Dreams
7-12 September

Parcours des Mondes 2021

Arctic Dreams
7-12 September

Parcours des Mondes 2021

Arctic Dreams
7-12 September

Parcours des Mondes 2021

Summer fairs !

Santa Fe Virtual, Objects of Art & Antique American Indian Art Show

June 3rd, 2021

Phantom
War Shields of Papua New Guinea

War clubs from Oceania

Katsinam

New AcQuisitions

New AcQuisitions | Marquesas Islands

Putaiana

photo Harpoon counterweight

North America | Alaska

Harpoon counterweight

photo Okvik Head

North America | Alaska

Okvik Head

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Bear figure

North America | Alaska

Bear figure

photo Bear figure

North America | Alaska

Bear figure

photo Human figure

North America | Alaska

Human figure

photo Male figure

North America | Greenland

Male figure

photo Figures / dolls

North America | Greenland

Figures / dolls

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Sali War Club

New AcQuisitions | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

photo Baule Figure

Africa | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

photo Large Churinga

New AcQuisitions | Australia

Large Churinga

New AcQuisitions | Marquesas Islands

Putaiana

photo Canoe prow

New AcQuisitions | Solomon Islands

Canoe prow

photo Kanak Axe

New AcQuisitions | New Caledonia

Kanak Axe

photo Tsimshian Bowl

North America | Canada

Tsimshian Bowl

photo Ituri Mask

Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ituri Mask

photo Punu Mask

Africa | Gabon

Punu Mask

photo Tatanua mask

New AcQuisitions | New Ireland

Tatanua mask

photo Harpoon counterweight

North America | Alaska

Harpoon counterweight

photo Harpoon Head

North America | Alaska

Harpoon Head

photo Okvik head

North America | Alaska

Okvik head

photo Yup’ik Mask

North America | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Lobi figure

Africa | Burkina Faso

Lobi figure

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Gope

photo U’U war club

New AcQuisitions | Marquesas Islands

U’U war club

photo Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

North America

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

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Discover more about the art of war in Oceania with

Discover more about the art of war in Oceania with this canoe prow from the Solomon Islands. This nguzu nguzu figurehead is currently on display at the gallery among other artworks from Oceania, Africa and North America.

As stated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum), « canoes in the western Solomon Islands, essential to transportation, fishing, and warfare, were formerly lavishly adorned. The centerpiece of the prow was a distinctive figurehead, known variously as a nguzu nguzu, musu musu, or toto isu. Attached at the waterline so that it dipped in the sea as the canoe rode the waves, the figurehead reportedly served as a supernatural protector ensuring safe passage and a successful expedition.
The images on the figureheads are typically busts depicted with large heads (...) The jutting jaws of the images were reportedly attributes of spirits and the figureheads are sometimes said to depict, or, alternatively, afford protection from, dangerous sea spirits known as kesoko. »
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Nguzunguzu
Canoe prow figurehead
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Late 19th or early 20th century
Ex collection Coué, France
Ex private collection, France

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We would like to thank the @parcoursdesmondes team

We would like to thank the @parcoursdesmondes team for this superb 2021 edition!
We were thrilled to welcome so many visitors from the world around, and share our passion with you all.

We were also delighted to welcome the @amisquaibranly who visited the gallery on Saturday.

Our exhibition “Arctic Dreams” continues, stay tuned for more information and new additions.

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As the @ParcoursDesMondes ends tomorrow, don’t m

As the @ParcoursDesMondes ends tomorrow, don’t miss this masterpiece from our selection: a perfect fit for this quote by André Breton (Xénophiles, poems, 1948): “You instill fear, you enthrall”!

In Northern New Ireland, the ritual life and social organization of the clans were orchestrated by long and complex funeral ceremonies called “Malagan”. Within this framework and New Ireland ritual life in the broader sense, an extraordinary diversity of statues, masks and objects with very specific functions were created.

As stated by the @artinstitutechi, New Ireland masks create a reality of their own: they capture and reveal spiritual power. The kepong (or kipong) mask shown here depicts a fearsome supernatural being of humanoid form. The concentric décor around the eyes is probably the painted representation of “the fiery eye”. It refers to the life force which passes from one generation to the next. The remarkable inventiveness of such New Ireland masks fascinated great artists of the 20th century and most notably the Surrealists as André Breton.
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Kipong Mask
New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago
19th century
Collected by Frigate Captain Rudolph Brosch in 1894 during the Austrian Imperial Expedition in the South Seas (1893-1895)
Thence by descent in the Brosch family

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Discover more about the art of war in Oceania with

Discover more about the art of war in Oceania with this canoe prow from the Solomon Islands. This nguzu nguzu figurehead is currently on display at the gallery among other artworks from Oceania, Africa and North America.

As stated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum), « canoes in the western Solomon Islands, essential to transportation, fishing, and warfare, were formerly lavishly adorned. The centerpiece of the prow was a distinctive figurehead, known variously as a nguzu nguzu, musu musu, or toto isu. Attached at the waterline so that it dipped in the sea as the canoe rode the waves, the figurehead reportedly served as a supernatural protector ensuring safe passage and a successful expedition.
The images on the figureheads are typically busts depicted with large heads (...) The jutting jaws of the images were reportedly attributes of spirits and the figureheads are sometimes said to depict, or, alternatively, afford protection from, dangerous sea spirits known as kesoko. »
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Nguzunguzu
Canoe prow figurehead
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Late 19th or early 20th century
Ex collection Coué, France
Ex private collection, France

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #Nguzunguzu #Melanesia #SolomonIslands #CanoeProw #WoodenSculpture #Rituals #PacificOcean #SouthPacific #Canoe #OceanicArt #AncientOceanicArt #OceanicArtCollector #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #ArtAdvisor

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