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photo Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

photo 7 stones axes

Africa | Sahara

7 stones axes

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

Africa | Ghana

Akuaba

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

photo Thule seal amulet

North America | Alaska

Thule seal amulet

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Large canoe paddle

New AcQuisitions | Ecuador

Large canoe paddle

photo Tewhatewha war club

New AcQuisitions | New Zealand

Tewhatewha war club

New AcQuisitions | Fiji Islands

Bow

photo Kinikini war club

New AcQuisitions | Tonga Islands

Kinikini
war club

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

photo Thule figure

North America | Alaska

Thule figure

photo “Rootstock” War Club

New AcQuisitions | Fiji Islands

“Rootstock” War Club

photo Thule bird

North America | Alaska

Thule bird

photo Ceremonial Paddle

New AcQuisitions | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

photo Maori trolling lure

New AcQuisitions | New Zealand

Maori trolling lure

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Find this Aboriginal Shield in the February editio

Find this Aboriginal Shield in the February edition of @tribal_art_society!

As stated in the publication "Boucliers"/"Shields" by the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva (pp. 99-100), the Karajarri, who occupy the area along the Eighty-Mile Beach between the De Grey River and Broome call these shields karrbinna and carved them out of a type of eucalyptus. D. S. Davidson, then Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, noted in 1949 that the Karajarri were responsible for most, if not all, examples of traditional shields incised with well-proportioned interlocking key patterns.
These shields functioned as defensive arms to intercept boomerangs and to parry blows from clubs during close combat. The Karajarri later valued them as trade items which they exchanged with other peoples throughout the coastal areas from La Grange northward to Dampierland and King Sound.
The Karajarri engraved the back of their shields with precise patterns. Not having a larger design in mind, they treated the space as important in itself and often incised surfaces not covered by the interlocking pattern using alternate series of diagonal hatchings ... They carved the face of their shields with fine grooves but also, in more recent examples, simply adzed them to a smooth finish.
The motifs on the surface of the shield were totemic symbols related to the "songlines".

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Aboriginal Shield - Parrying shield karbinna
Karajarri people
Lagrange Bay (Kimberley)
Western Australia
19th century
Carved wood
Height: 79 cm
Provenance:
Ex collection Frederic Rond, Paris

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"Art needs an appropriate built environment within

"Art needs an appropriate built environment within which it can be showcased to greatest effect, while architecture needs art to turn bricks, steel and concrete into a space in which people want to live, to learn, to shop and to work. » Jan Dijkema

Architecture in conversation with Tribal art!

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New year, new presentation at the Galerie Flak !

New year, new presentation at the Galerie Flak !

Do not hesitate to visit us:

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75006 Paris, France

Tuesday – Friday:
Open 11am to 1pm and 2.30pm to 7pm
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Find this Aboriginal Shield in the February editio

Find this Aboriginal Shield in the February edition of @tribal_art_society!

As stated in the publication "Boucliers"/"Shields" by the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva (pp. 99-100), the Karajarri, who occupy the area along the Eighty-Mile Beach between the De Grey River and Broome call these shields karrbinna and carved them out of a type of eucalyptus. D. S. Davidson, then Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, noted in 1949 that the Karajarri were responsible for most, if not all, examples of traditional shields incised with well-proportioned interlocking key patterns.
These shields functioned as defensive arms to intercept boomerangs and to parry blows from clubs during close combat. The Karajarri later valued them as trade items which they exchanged with other peoples throughout the coastal areas from La Grange northward to Dampierland and King Sound.
The Karajarri engraved the back of their shields with precise patterns. Not having a larger design in mind, they treated the space as important in itself and often incised surfaces not covered by the interlocking pattern using alternate series of diagonal hatchings ... They carved the face of their shields with fine grooves but also, in more recent examples, simply adzed them to a smooth finish.
The motifs on the surface of the shield were totemic symbols related to the "songlines".

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Aboriginal Shield - Parrying shield karbinna
Karajarri people
Lagrange Bay (Kimberley)
Western Australia
19th century
Carved wood
Height: 79 cm
Provenance:
Ex collection Frederic Rond, Paris

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #TribalArtSociety
#OceanicArt #OceanicArtCollector #AncientOceanicArt
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