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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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For this last day of @santafevirtual’s Winter Sh

For this last day of @santafevirtual’s Winter Show discover this exceptional kachina doll, distinguished by its archaism! Its proportions, the "undercut" carving of the kilt and the style all point to an early date, prior to the 20th century. 
This dark-faced warrior doll relates to the myth of Chakwaina. Chakwaina is sometimes referred to as Esteban the Moor among the Hopi and neighboring Pueblo peoples. During the Spanish "Conquista" in the 1530s, the slave Esteban was sent as a scout for the Spanish army. The legend claims he was among the search party for the Seven Cities of Cibola (the fabled “Eldorado”). His actual mission was to prepare the arrival of the troops. According to Zuni oral history, Esteban violated a sacred boundary upon entering a village by crossing a votive line of corn pollen.

Zuni warriors killed Esteban at Hawikuh village. Still, they recognized his bravery as he had dared come alone and defy the whole village. As a reminder of this historical event, the Zuni later included the figure of a dark-faced Warrior in their Kachina pantheon. The tongue sticking out of the mouth symbolizes the death of Esteban at the hands of Zuni archers.
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Chakwaina Katsina – Black warrior Kachina doll
Arizona
Hopi Indians
Carved wood (cottonwood) and natural pigments
Circa 1890
Height: 25.5 cm - 10 in.
Ex collection George Shaw, Aspen, USA

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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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For this last day of @santafevirtual’s Winter Sh

For this last day of @santafevirtual’s Winter Show discover this exceptional kachina doll, distinguished by its archaism! Its proportions, the "undercut" carving of the kilt and the style all point to an early date, prior to the 20th century. 
This dark-faced warrior doll relates to the myth of Chakwaina. Chakwaina is sometimes referred to as Esteban the Moor among the Hopi and neighboring Pueblo peoples. During the Spanish "Conquista" in the 1530s, the slave Esteban was sent as a scout for the Spanish army. The legend claims he was among the search party for the Seven Cities of Cibola (the fabled “Eldorado”). His actual mission was to prepare the arrival of the troops. According to Zuni oral history, Esteban violated a sacred boundary upon entering a village by crossing a votive line of corn pollen.

Zuni warriors killed Esteban at Hawikuh village. Still, they recognized his bravery as he had dared come alone and defy the whole village. As a reminder of this historical event, the Zuni later included the figure of a dark-faced Warrior in their Kachina pantheon. The tongue sticking out of the mouth symbolizes the death of Esteban at the hands of Zuni archers.
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Chakwaina Katsina – Black warrior Kachina doll
Arizona
Hopi Indians
Carved wood (cottonwood) and natural pigments
Circa 1890
Height: 25.5 cm - 10 in.
Ex collection George Shaw, Aspen, USA

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #KachinaDolls #HopiPeople #Kachina #NativeAmericanArt #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanArtCollector #ChakwainaMyth #ChakwainaKatsina #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #TribalArtExpert #TribalArtGallery #TribalArt #ArtAdvisor

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