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New Exhibition
26-29 November

In the Arctic…

New Viewing Room
26-29 November

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18 November

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photo Yup’ik Masks

North America | Alaska

New AcQuisitions | New Zealand

photo Kota Obamba Figure

Africa | Gabon

Kota Obamba Figure

photo Thule Figure

North America | Alaska

photo Hemba Figure

Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo

photo Yup’ik Mask

North America | Alaska

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

photo Spirit Figure

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

photo Bamileke Figure

Africa | Cameroon

Bamileke Figure

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

photo Thule Figure

North America | Alaska

photo Child’s Parka

North America | Alaska

Child’s Parka

photo Bear Figure

North America | Alaska

photo Mumuye Figure

Africa | Nigeria

photo Harpoon Head

North America | Alaska

photo Peary’s expedition North Pole

North America | Alaska

Peary’s expedition
North Pole

photo Seal effigy

North America | Alaska

photo Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

North America

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

photo Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

North America

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

photo Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

photo Ibeji Yoruba

Africa | Nigeria

photo Ashanti Doll

Africa | Ghana

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

photo War club & Pipe

North America | Plains

War club & Pipe

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Do not underestimate this little figurine because

Do not underestimate this little figurine because of its size: ethnographic information, coupled with the figure’s remarkable beauty, suggest a complex and important role for human figures in ancient Bering Strait cultures, as well as for their recent descendants! You can admire this rare and old figure at the gallery during our exhibition, “In the Arctic... Ancient Eskimo Arts”, until December 24th.Various functions have been attributed to such human figurines. They may have been children’s toys or dolls, used in fertility ceremonies, or to call upon the “masters” of game animals. They could also have been used by their owners as personal “assistants” and “spiritual helpers” to capture prey or as “guardians” to safeguard humankind from those physical and spiritual dangers encountered in the landscape.The literature also describes other apotropaic functions: protecting against disease, serving as birthing amulets, and acting as general household guardians and deities. In such cases, spiritual assistants seemingly provided their human masters with a means to actively intervene in the cosmos. Among the historic Chukchi of Siberia, guardian spirits were also believed to be embodied in specific kinds of human and animal figurines.
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Human figure
Thule Culture (Ancient Eskimo)
Alaska
Marine ivory
1500 – 1800 A.D.
Height: 9.5 cm - 3,8 in.#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #InuitParka #InuitSculpture #Figurine #AncientArt #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndianArt #EskimoArt #Inuit #InuitCulture #AncientEskimo #Alaska #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #ArtAdvisor

We are back at the gallery with our new exhibition

We are back at the gallery with our new exhibition “In the Arctic... Ancient Eskimo Arts”!Until December 24th, the gallery will present a finely curated selection of archaic carved figures along with shamanic masks, parkas, snow goggles and hunting implements from Alaska. Winter is coming, are you ready?#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #InuitParka #InuitSculpture #Figurine #AncientArt #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndianArt #EskimoArt #Inuit #InuitCulture #AncientEskimo #Alaska #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #ArtAdvisor

Although @paristribal is over, you can still view

Although @paristribal is over, you can still view this exceptional Mu’po figure by the Bamileke people of Cameroon alongside our selection of sculptures from Oceania & North America. The gallery is open again, come and visit us!These ritual figures were used by the Bamun and Bamileke peoples (Grassfield, Cameroon) for therapeutical and divination purposes. They also served other functions: they were part of Ku'n'gan maskerades, played the role of hunting charms, protected the crops when placed on the fields or else were used by pregnant women for fertility.According to Pierre Harter (see Arts anciens du Cameroun, 1986), "the position of the hands can vary from one statuette to another, each gesture symbolizing a topic. When hands are on the clavicles or shoulders, they ward off evil spells."
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Mu’po figure
Bamileke people
Cameroon
Carved wood
Early 20th century
Height: 16.5 cm - 6 ½ in.
Ex collection Jean-Paul Agogue
Ex Galerie Alain Bovis
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #ParisTribal #ParisTribal2020 #ExploreParisTribal #BamilekePeople #AfricanSculpture #MupoFigure #AfricanArtCollector #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #TribalArtExpert #TribalArtGallery #TribalArt #ArtCollector #Artcollection #Cameroon #ArtAdvisor

Do not underestimate this little figurine because

Do not underestimate this little figurine because of its size: ethnographic information, coupled with the figure’s remarkable beauty, suggest a complex and important role for human figures in ancient Bering Strait cultures, as well as for their recent descendants! You can admire this rare and old figure at the gallery during our exhibition, “In the Arctic... Ancient Eskimo Arts”, until December 24th.Various functions have been attributed to such human figurines. They may have been children’s toys or dolls, used in fertility ceremonies, or to call upon the “masters” of game animals. They could also have been used by their owners as personal “assistants” and “spiritual helpers” to capture prey or as “guardians” to safeguard humankind from those physical and spiritual dangers encountered in the landscape.The literature also describes other apotropaic functions: protecting against disease, serving as birthing amulets, and acting as general household guardians and deities. In such cases, spiritual assistants seemingly provided their human masters with a means to actively intervene in the cosmos. Among the historic Chukchi of Siberia, guardian spirits were also believed to be embodied in specific kinds of human and animal figurines.
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Human figure
Thule Culture (Ancient Eskimo)
Alaska
Marine ivory
1500 – 1800 A.D.
Height: 9.5 cm - 3,8 in.#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #InuitParka #InuitSculpture #Figurine #AncientArt #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndianArt #EskimoArt #Inuit #InuitCulture #AncientEskimo #Alaska #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #ArtAdvisor

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