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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 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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In our new series of posts, discover a selection o

In our new series of posts, discover a selection of animal figures from the world over! These sculptures and masks were part of complex belief systems and rituals linking humans to the world of spirits. We start this series with an exceedingly rare bonito-shaped reliquary figure from the Solomon Islands in Oceania.

Skull reliquaries in the form of fish were placed high up in the rafters of the sacred house where war canoes were kept. As stated by the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, the initiations of young men took place in these houses built by the sea. The reliquaries housed the skulls of important chiefs. Mourning rituals aimed at transforming the deceased into guardian and protective powers.
__ Fish reliquary San Cristobal or Santa Anna, Solomon Islands  Length: 166 cm - 65 1⁄4 in. Ex collection Sir Bruce Saunders, Brisbane
Ex collection Kevin Conru

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One month to go before the virtual edition of the

One month to go before the virtual edition of the San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show!
Save the date for this upcoming international online exhibition @objectsofartshows

Part of our selection for the San Francisco show is this highly elegant portrait mask from the Baule people of Ivory Coast.

Such masks notably appeared during the Mblo dances and entertainment performances.
According to Susan Vogel, these masks appeared rarely and briefly to preserve their beauty. They are known as “alie kora”, meaning “the meal is burning”. Indeed, when masked dancers appeared at the end of the day, women would run out to admire them, forgetting about the food they were cooking.

This mask calls to mind an ideal image "which follows the canons of human beauty among the Baule, both from an aesthetic and a moral point of view" (Boyer, Baule: Visions of Africa Series, 2008, p. 70).

It perfectly combines elegance and sophistication with a raw power of evocation.
__ Baule mask Ivory Coast Carved and painted wood  Early 20th century Ex collection Emerson and Dina Woelffer, Los Angeles
Exhibited and published: “The artist as collector”, Newport Harbor Art Museum, California, 1975

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In our new series of posts, discover a selection o

In our new series of posts, discover a selection of animal figures from the world over! These sculptures and masks were part of complex belief systems and rituals linking humans to the world of spirits. We start this series with an exceedingly rare bonito-shaped reliquary figure from the Solomon Islands in Oceania.

Skull reliquaries in the form of fish were placed high up in the rafters of the sacred house where war canoes were kept. As stated by the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, the initiations of young men took place in these houses built by the sea. The reliquaries housed the skulls of important chiefs. Mourning rituals aimed at transforming the deceased into guardian and protective powers.
__ Fish reliquary San Cristobal or Santa Anna, Solomon Islands  Length: 166 cm - 65 1⁄4 in. Ex collection Sir Bruce Saunders, Brisbane
Ex collection Kevin Conru

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #FishReliquary #CarvedWood #AnimalSculpture #SculptureAnimale #Fish #ReliquaryFigure #BruceSaunders #FishFigure #SolomonIslands #SanCristobal #ArtCollector #ArtCollection #TribalArtExpert #TribalArtGallery #TribalArt #ArtAdvisor #OceanicArt #Oceania #Melanesia #Skull

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