Salimopia Katsina – Red warrior Kachina doll Zuni Mid 20th century Carved wood, pigments, fabric, wool and feathers Height: 7 ½ in. – 19 cm Provenance Field collected by Serge Holtz in the 1960s-1970s Ex collection Hervé Poulain, Paris

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Early 20th century Carved wood and pigments Height: 17 cm – 6 ½ in. Provenance Ex collection Karel Timmermans, field-collected between 1962 and 1965 Ex Sotheby’s, Paris, 5 dec. 2006, lot 125 Ex collection Laure-Marie et Daniel P. Biebuyck, USA By descent

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Early 20th century Carved wood and pigments Height: 13.5 cm – 5 ¼ in. Provenance Ex collection Karel Timmermans, field-collected between 1962 and 1965 Ex Sotheby’s, Paris, 5 dec. 2006, lot 125 Ex collection Laure-Marie et Daniel P. Biebuyck, USA By descent

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Early 20th century Carved wood and pigments Height: 17.7 cm – 7 in. Provenance Ex collection Karel Timmermans, field-collected between 1962 and 1965 Ex Lempertz, Brussels, 24 April 2010 lot 96 Ex collection Laure-Marie et Daniel P. Biebuyck, USA By descent

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Nahoile-chiwakopachoki Katsina Cross Crown / Four-Corner Cloud Kachina doll Hopi Circa 1900-1910 Cottonwood with natural pigments Height: 32 cm – 12 ½ in. Provenance Ex collection George Shaw Ex collection Galerie Flak, acquired in 2013 Ex private collection, Nice

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Nuvak Katsina – Snow Kachina doll Hopi Circa 1900 Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments Height: 26 cm – 10 ¼ in. Provenance Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris Ex private collection, France

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Carved by Hopi Chief Wilson Tawaquaptewa Oraibi, (1873-1960) Circa 1930s-1940s Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments Height: 17 cm – 6 ¼ in. Provenance Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris Ex private collection, France

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Ngbaka or neighboring cultures Ubangi area, Northwestern Congo Early 20th century Carved wood, beads and metal Height: 32 cm – 12 ½ in. Provenance Ex collection David Henrion, Brussels Ex collection Didier Claes, Brussels Ex collection Richard Carchon, Paris Ex private collection, California Publications “Claes. Premium Art from Black Africa/Art premier d’Afrique Noire”, Didier Claes, Bruxelles, 2005 “Ubangi. Art and Cultures from the African Heartland”, Grootaers, Bruxelles, Fonds Mercator, 2007, 121, #3.13 “African Impressions. Tribal Art and Currents of Life/Empreintes d’Afrique. L’art tribal au fil des fleuves”, B. Von Lintig & H. Dubois, 5 Continents, 2011, 82-83, #31 Exhibition: “Ubangi. Art and Cultures from the African Heartland”, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands, 13 oct. 2007 – 31 mars 2008

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Kowako Katsina – Rooster Kachina doll (variant) Hopi Circa 1920 Carved wood (cottonwood), pigments Height: 20.5 cm – 8 in. Provenance Ex collection André Breton, Paris Ex collection Jean Roudillon, Paris Ex collection Claude Meyer, Paris Ex Pierre Bergé Auction, 2 April 2012, lot 255 Ex collection Jean-Paul Morin, Paris/ Pont-Aven Ex Sotheby’s Paris, 14 Oct. 2020, lot 149 Ex collection François Meyer, Geneva

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