Kipong mask

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Kipong mask

New Ireland

Carved wood (alstonia), natural pigments, shell
19th century
Heigth: 31 ½ in. (80 cm)

Collected by Frigate Captain Rudolph Brosch in 1894 during the Austrian Imperial Expedition in the South Seas (1893-1895)
Thence by descent in the Brosch family

"You instill fear, you enthrall"
André Breton, «Xénophiles», poems, 1948

In Northern New Ireland, the ritual life and social organization of the clans were orchestrated by long and complex funeral ceremonies called ‘Malagan’. Within the framework of the Malagan institution and New Ireland ritual life in the broader sense, an extraordinary diversity of statues, masks and objects with very specific functions were created, sometimes for a single use lasting only a few minutes.
As stated by The Art Institute in Chicago, New Ireland masks create a reality of their own. They capture and reveal spiritual power.
The kepong (or kipong) mask shown here depicts a fearsome supernatural being of humanoid form. The concentric décor around the eyes is probably the painted representation of "the fiery eye". This image refers to the life force which passes from one generation to the next.
The remarkable inventiveness of such New Ireland masks fascinated great artists of the 20th century and most notably the Surrealists.

This rare and imposing mask was field-collected by Austrian Frigate Captain Rudolph Brosch in 1894. A year earlier, Captain Brosch had been asked to join the Austrian Imperial Expedition to the South Seas (1893-1895) under Commander Elder von Adamowicz on the three-masted S.M.S. Corvette “Fasana”.
A total of 55 objects collected in New Ireland during the Expedition later joined the collections of the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum) in Vienna while a small selection of artworks, including this mask, has remained in the Brosch family collection by descent for over 125 years.

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André Breton in front of a Kipong figure form his collection
42 rue Fontaine, Paris, 1956
Photograph by Pablo VOLTA (1926-2011)
Original print, 24 x 26 cm, numbered 1/1 and signed by Pablo Volta

Price on request

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Tatanua mask

New Ireland

Late 19th or early 20th century
Carved wood, natural pigments, fiber and shell
Height: 12 ½ in. – 32 cm

Provenance
Ex collection Robert Rousset (1901-1981), Paris
Acquired between 1920 and 1930
By descent

Published: Ferocious Poetry, 2019

Tatanua masks are among the most emblematic objects that exist in Oceanic art. They can be found throughout the northern region of New Ireland. They are always characterized by a face sculpted in a very stylized manner with a wide jaw, motifs painted in red, yellow and black, coiffed with a large crest in vegetable fibers. This coif probably evokes mourners who shave both sides of their heads. There is great diversity to be found in museums and private collections. They are important to ritual life, marking the closing of the cycle of a Malagan funeral ceremony for an important chief by removing the last taboos. These masks in general are used in groups dancing in a complex choreography. Steps are light, and the music is rather evocative of bird song. In conclusion, Tatanua masks are not Malagans and they are danced in sight of everyone in the village. Nevertheless, they are one of the components of important Malagan ceremonies, being danced just before final exchanged between clans.

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Malagan ceremony, Tabar, 2020

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Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Putaiana

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Flower Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Axe

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | New Britain

Baining Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Mindja Figure

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik head

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Brag Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
overmodelled skull

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | USA

Beaded moccasins

Archives | Mali

Dogon couple

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Hat

Archives | West Australia

Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua Mask

Archives | Alaska

Snow Googles

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial paddle

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Alaska

OBS Head

Archives | Solomon Islands

Standing figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori Ornament

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau
Currency roll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Tonga Islands

Dui Club

Archives | Gabon

Kota
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Yupi’k Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

Tomahawk

Archives | Indonesia

Asmat Skull

Archives | Alaska

Alutiiq Ladle

Archives | Alaska

Female Figure

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Archives | Tonga Islands

Povai War Club

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pre-Bembe figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Flute

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Heddle Pulley

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule heddle pulley

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Porapora Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pictorial storage jar

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Obamba
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Siberia

Harpoon head

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Human figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives | Alaska

Whale Figure

Archives | Sahara Desert

Salt Slab

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Dogon Ring

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Cameroon

Mu’po Figure

Archives | Côte d'Ivoire

Dan Mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mama Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biombo Mask

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

War club

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Alsaka

Eskimo Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega mask

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Roof Finial

Archives | Admiralty Islands

Double Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Beaded Pouch

Archives | Arizona

Tabletta

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | U.S.A.

Medicine Pouch

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Fan Handle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Tiki

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Archives | Alaska

Wrist protection

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Po’o

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kongo Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Tlingit Raven rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ear ornaments

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Kenya

Kikuyu Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Head

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Betel Mortar

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Parka

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngbaka Mask

Archives | Solomon Islands

Faa Comb

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives

Frank A. Rinehart
(1861-1928)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Kumete

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Pulley

Archives

A Cheyenne warrior

Archives | U.S.A.

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

Archives

Antonio Zeno Schindler (1823-1899)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives

Alexander Gardner (1821 – 1882)

Archives | Maluku Islands

Model of a boat

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Trumpet

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Anonymous

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Solomon Islands

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | PaPapua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Bannerstone

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Dolls

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo Kayak

Archives | Alaska

Human Figure

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Indonesia

Marangga

Archives | Solomon Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Stone

Archives | U.S.A.

False Face Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Horned Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Japan

Shinto Priest’s headdress Kanmuri

Archives | Nepal

Shamanic Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona or New Mexico

Ceremonial Apron

Archives | New Mexico

Polychrome Jar

Archives | Alaska

Shaman’s necklace

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Singarin Mask

Archives | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U War Club

Archives | Kapingamarangi Atoll

Canoe Model

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Western Australia

Shield

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Exceptional Torso

Archives | Alaska

Thule figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Izzi bowl

Archives | Northern Liberia

Dan / We-Wobe
Mask

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Niongom Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Spirit Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Board

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Fiji Islands

Gugu Club

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Doll

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Club

Archives | Tonga Islands

Apa’Apai Club

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Prow

Archives | Ivory Coast

Dan Diomande
Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Mendi shield

Archives | Vanuatu

Overmodeled Skull

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Marshall Islands

Navigation chart

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Solomon Islands

Fish reliquary

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | New Ireland

Mouth ornament

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Whistle

Archives | Nigeria

Divination Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial Spatula

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal shield

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Brag Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Marupai

Archives | Samoa Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Mali

Dogon Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | Mali

Dogon Dog Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | New Zealand

Maori ornament

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu Figure

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba doll
Ashanti

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Telefolmin board

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female
Spirit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
Spirit Board

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Gabon

Tsogho Gong

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Garra Hook

Archives | Nigeria

Chief’s Head

Archives | Burkina Faso

Bobo or Tiefo
Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Knife

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Cook Islands.

‘Umete Bowl

Archives | Alaska

Seal effigy

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Alaska / Greenland

Kayak Models

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Inuit
Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zande Figure

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo
Child’s Coat

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Peary’s expedition
North Pole

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Archives | Eagle Dancer

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Bear Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Palm trees in front of the Pyramids of Giza

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Knife

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian or Haisla Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Masks

Archives | Australia

Boomerang

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Kwakiutl Frontlet

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Punuk / Thule Head

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Iroquois

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Exceptional
Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

George Catlin

Archives | New Ireland

Dance Ornament

Archives | Tonga Island

Moungalaulau War Club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Canada

Model Totem Pole

Archives | New Mexico/Arizona

Proto-Pueblo Head

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona.

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Bear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churingas

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Plains

War club & Pipe

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Amulet / Tool

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Plains

Sioux Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele mask

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Scraper

Archives | Alaska

OBS III Head

Archives | Fiji Islands

Kava Bowl

Archives | Gulf of Alaska

Eskimo ornaments

Archives | Canada

Shaman’s mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori spear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik mask

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Amulet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lwalwa Mask

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Ireland

Kipong mask

Archives | Brazil

Myhara Headdress

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | New Ireland

Kap Kap

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Abelam Currency

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik head

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic amulet

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Figural comb

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Thule Seal

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Clay doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U war club

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan
sculpture

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ituri Mask

Archives | Australia

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ere Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom shield

Archives | Canada

Spoon

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Archives | Canada

Model totem pole

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Alaska or Siberia

Whale figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Sepik mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pende mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Barbed spear point

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Tonga Islands

Moungalaulau
war club

Archives | Fiji

Kinikini club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vili figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Hook Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Dance ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Raven Rattle

Archives | Canada

Shaman mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Seal figure

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan Ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit container

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

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Carved wood (alstonia), natural pigments
fibers and turbo operculum
19th century
Height: 12 ½ in. (32 cm)

Field-collected by Otto Finsch (1839-1917)
in Northern New Ireland between 1879 and 1882
Ex collection Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin,
inv. #VI 6197
Ex collection Arthur Speyer II (1894-1958), Berlin, 1936
Ex collection Robert Rousset (1901-1981) before 1940, France
By descent

Published: Ferocious Poetry, 2019

In its zone of origin, this mask was known as a Kipong or Vanis mask, and was probably used to take away taboos before a Malagan funeral ceremony. Masks sharing these characteristics exist in the north of New Ireland to the village of Hamba, to the contreforts of Mandak territory. Bearing the inventory number VI 6197, this mask entered the collections of the Berlin Museum in 1883 in the middle of a series of 4 masks (VI6196, VI6199, VI6200, VI6201) and a mouth ornament, VI6198, all collected at Nusa or Kapsu. We can suppose that mask VI6197 must have the same origins. (Since the archives of the Berlin Museum have been closed for over 2 years, we have not been able to verify the listings for the moment for our reference VI6197). We can point to two masks published by Helfrich in 1973, collected between Fissoa and Hemba in 1905 end 1887.

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Kepong mask

New Ireland

Kepong mask

Carved wood, pigments, fabric, shell, fiber
Early 20th century or earlier
Height: 35 ½ in. (90 cm)

Field-collected by German Baptist missionaries
Ex collection Reverend Stemper, Kavieng Catholic Mission, 1966
Ex Ader-Picard-Tajan, 21 May 1990, lot 96
Ex collection Michel Andrault, Paris

“You instill fear, you enthrall“
André Breton, «Xénophiles», poems, 1948

As stated by The Art Institute in Chicago, New Ireland masks create a reality of their own. They capture and reveal spiritual power.
Many masks from New Ireland depict fantastic supernatural beings summoned during feasts and rituals such as the malagan (malanggan) or kepong (kipong). Masks aren’t malagans, but they’re often worn during celebrations to honor the dead, and may be shown with malagan carvings in display houses.
The mask shown here is the depiction of a ges, a fearsome supernatural spirit of humanoid form. The concentric décor at the center of the mask is probably the painted representation of "the fiery eye" (mataling in Tabar). This image refers to the life force that passes from one generation to the next as stated by Michael Gunn & Philippe Peltier in Nouvelle-Irlande, Arts du Pacifique Sud, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2007.

The remarkable inventiveness of such New Ireland masks fascinated great artists of the 20th century and most notably the Surrealists.

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Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Kipong mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’u war club

Archives | Fiji Islands

Vanikau Club

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Woodlands, USA

Canoe model

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Shango figure

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua Mask

Archives | Easter Island, Polynesia

Moai Tangata

Archives | Alaska, USA

Okvik
Whale Figure

Archives | Tonga Islands

Apa’apai War Club

Archives | New Zealand

Maori Handclub

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Archives | Fiji Islands

Totokia war club

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Azande Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lwalwa Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu Figure

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Gabon

Tsogho-Vuvi Mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Brazil

Kayapo Headdress

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Bear Figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Comb

Archives | Gabon

Aduma Mask

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | USA

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

Archives | Hawai'i

Feather ornament

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Spirit figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Ancestor skull

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Miniature mask

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Yoruba Ritual Staff

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Gabon / Congo

Mbede Figure

Archives | Canada

Haida Bear Figure

Archives | Siberia

Evenk Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Alaska

Chain

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Dance Paddle

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Comb

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Gabon

Fang Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Alaska

Scraper / Spoon

Archives | Ivory Coast

Attié figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Brazil

Kayapo
Feathers Ornament

Archives | Nigeria

Yoruba Torque

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Archives | Canada

Totem Pole
Kwakiutl

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Fiji Islands

Ula War Club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Putaiana

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Flower Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Axe

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | New Britain

Baining Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Mindja Figure

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik head

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Brag Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
overmodelled skull

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | USA

Beaded moccasins

Archives | Mali

Dogon couple

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Hat

Archives | West Australia

Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua Mask

Archives | Alaska

Snow Googles

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial paddle

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Alaska

OBS Head

Archives | Solomon Islands

Standing figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori Ornament

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau
Currency roll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Tonga Islands

Dui Club

Archives | Gabon

Kota
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Yupi’k Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

Tomahawk

Archives | Indonesia

Asmat Skull

Archives | Alaska

Alutiiq Ladle

Archives | Alaska

Female Figure

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Archives | Tonga Islands

Povai War Club

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pre-Bembe figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Flute

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Heddle Pulley

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule heddle pulley

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Porapora Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pictorial storage jar

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Gabon

Kota Obamba
Reliquary Figure

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Siberia

Harpoon head

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Human figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives | Alaska

Whale Figure

Archives | Sahara Desert

Salt Slab

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Dogon Ring

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Cameroon

Mu’po Figure

Archives | Côte d'Ivoire

Dan Mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mama Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biombo Mask

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

War club

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Alsaka

Eskimo Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega mask

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Roof Finial

Archives | Admiralty Islands

Double Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Beaded Pouch

Archives | Arizona

Tabletta

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Head

Archives | U.S.A.

Medicine Pouch

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Fan Handle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Tiki

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Archives | Alaska

Wrist protection

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Po’o

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kongo Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Tlingit Raven rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ear ornaments

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Kenya

Kikuyu Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Head

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Betel Mortar

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Parka

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngbaka Mask

Archives | Solomon Islands

Faa Comb

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives

Frank A. Rinehart
(1861-1928)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Kumete

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Pulley

Archives

A Cheyenne warrior

Archives | U.S.A.

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

Archives

Antonio Zeno Schindler (1823-1899)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon (1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives

Alexander Gardner (1821 – 1882)

Archives | Maluku Islands

Model of a boat

Archives | Nigeria / Cameroon

Mambila Trumpet

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Anonymous

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives

Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924)

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Solomon Islands

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | PaPapua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Bannerstone

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Dolls

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo Kayak

Archives | Alaska

Human Figure

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Burkina Faso

Lobi Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Indonesia

Marangga

Archives | Solomon Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lega Stone

Archives | U.S.A.

False Face Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Horned Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | U.S.A.

War Bonnet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Japan

Shinto Priest’s headdress Kanmuri

Archives | Nepal

Shamanic Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona or New Mexico

Ceremonial Apron

Archives | New Mexico

Polychrome Jar

Archives | Alaska

Shaman’s necklace

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Singarin Mask

Archives | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U War Club

Archives | Kapingamarangi Atoll

Canoe Model

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Western Australia

Shield

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Exceptional Torso

Archives | Alaska

Thule figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Izzi bowl

Archives | Northern Liberia

Dan / We-Wobe
Mask

Archives | Mali

Tellem Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Mali

Niongom Figure

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Spirit Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Archives | New Britain

Tolai Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Board

Archives | Ivory Coast

Senufo Figure

Archives | Fiji Islands

Gugu Club

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Doll

Archives | New Caledonia

Kanak Club

Archives | Tonga Islands

Apa’Apai Club

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Prow

Archives | Ivory Coast

Dan Diomande
Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Mendi shield

Archives | Vanuatu

Overmodeled Skull

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Marshall Islands

Navigation chart

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Solomon Islands

Fish reliquary

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Figure

Archives | New Ireland

Mouth ornament

Archives | New Ireland

Tatanua mask

Archives | Burkina Faso

Mossi Whistle

Archives | Nigeria

Divination Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Bioma Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Elema Armband

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial Spatula

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal shield

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Mali

Dogon Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Brag Mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Marupai

Archives | Samoa Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Mali

Dogon Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Agiba

Archives | Mali

Dogon Dog Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | New Zealand

Maori ornament

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Imunu Figure

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba doll
Ashanti

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Telefolmin board

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Ivi Poo

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female
Spirit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yangoru Boiken
Currency

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Iatmul
Spirit Board

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe Model

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Gabon

Tsogho Gong

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Garra Hook

Archives | Nigeria

Chief’s Head

Archives | Burkina Faso

Bobo or Tiefo
Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Andaman Islands

Bow

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Knife

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Cook Islands.

‘Umete Bowl

Archives | Alaska

Seal effigy

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives | Alaska / Greenland

Kayak Models

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Female Figure

Archives | Alaska

Winged Object

Archives | Alaska

Inuit
Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zande Figure

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo
Child’s Coat

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Peary’s expedition
North Pole

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Archives | Eagle Dancer

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Alaska

Bear Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Palm trees in front of the Pyramids of Giza

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Knife

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian or Haisla Mask

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Masks

Archives | Australia

Boomerang

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Gope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Kwakiutl Frontlet

Archives | Alaska

Inupiaq Mask

Archives

Felix Bonfils (1831-1885)

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Punuk / Thule Head

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | U.S.A.

Iroquois

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Exceptional
Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

George Catlin

Archives | New Ireland

Dance Ornament

Archives | Tonga Island

Moungalaulau War Club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Canada

Model Totem Pole

Archives | New Mexico/Arizona

Proto-Pueblo Head

Archives | Alaska

Tlingit Rattle

Kachina Archives | Arizona.

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Bear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churingas

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Plains

War club & Pipe

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Amulet / Tool

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Plains

Sioux Pipe

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji
Yoruba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele mask

Archives | Alaska

Punuk Scraper

Archives | Alaska

OBS III Head

Archives | Fiji Islands

Kava Bowl

Archives | Gulf of Alaska

Eskimo ornaments

Archives | Canada

Shaman’s mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Zealand

Maori spear

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik mask

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Amulet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lwalwa Mask

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon Head

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Ireland

Kipong mask

Archives | Brazil

Myhara Headdress

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | New Ireland

Kap Kap

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hemba Figure

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Abelam Currency

Archives | Alaska

Thule Whale

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik head

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic amulet

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Figural comb

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Alaska

Thule Seal

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | U.S.A.

Clay doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

U’U war club

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan
sculpture

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ituri Mask

Archives | Australia

Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ere Ibeji

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Poupée Kachina

Archives | Canada

Tsimshian Bowl

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom shield

Archives | Canada

Spoon

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Mask

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Archives | Canada

Model totem pole

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik Mask

Archives | Alaska or Siberia

Whale figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Sepik mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pende mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives

Joseph K. Dixon
(1856-1926)

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Alaska

Human figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Bear figure

Archives | Alaska

Barbed spear point

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Archives | Alaska

Harpoon counterweight

Archives | Alaska

Snow goggles

Archives | Austral Islands

Ceremonial Paddle

Archives | Tonga Islands

Moungalaulau
war club

Archives | Fiji

Kinikini club

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vili figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit figure

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Hook Figure

Archives

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Dance ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Raven Rattle

Archives | Canada

Shaman mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Yipwon

Archives | Gabon

Punu Mask

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Seal figure

Archives | Alaska

Inuit Doll

Archives | New Ireland

Malagan Ornament

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Inuit container

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Côte d'Ivoire

Bassa mask

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Archives | Liberia

Kran Mask

Archives | Ivory Coast

Bete Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Solomon Islands

Canoe prow

Archives | Australie

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Australia

Churinga

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Fiji Islands

Sali War Club

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor Figure

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

War Shield

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Plains, USA

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule Figure

Archives | Alaska

Miniature parka

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sikasingo figure

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Fan

Archives | Angola / D.R. Congo

Chokwe figure

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye mask

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

Archives | Alaska

Thule figure

Archives | Alaska

Eskimo torso

Archives | Burkina Faso

Dogon Mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule bird

Archives | Alaska

Amulet

Archives | Canada

Tlingit Amulet

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic Amulet

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic Amulet

Archives | USA

Iroquois

Archives | Canada

Model totem pole

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Canada

Kwakiutl Eagle

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Yup’ik mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Greenland

Figures / dolls

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Nigeria

Mumuye

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule mask

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Sepik Hook

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Dart head

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule figure

Archives | Alaska

Okvik Figure

Archives | Easter Island

Moai Kavakava

Archives | New Zealand

Tewhatewha war club

Archives | Ecuador

Large canoe paddle

Archives | Fiji Islands

Bow

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Tonga Islands

Kinikini
war club

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | South Africa

Zulu shield

North America | USA

Calumet

Kachina Archives | New Mexico

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | New Zealand

Hei Tiki

Archives | Alaska

Model Totem pole

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | USA

Roach

Archives | Alaska

Shamanic scraper

Archives | Alaska

Arrow Straightener

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Float element

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

Archives | Australia

Aboriginal Shield

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Burkina Faso

Bobo
Heddle Pulley

Archives | Gabon

Punu mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lele mask

Archives | Gabon

Aduma mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Staff
Luba

Archives | Alaska

Okvik
Amulet

Archives | Ivory Coast

Baule mask

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Archives | Ivory Coast

Dan
Miniature mask

Archives | U.S.A.

Iroquois Mask

Archives | Ghana

Ashanti
Heddle pulley

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Thule Figure

Archives | Nigeria

Mama mask

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Snow Goggles

Archives | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye mask

Archives | Nigeria

Ibeji

Archives | Marquesas Islands

Large bowl

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Solomon Islands

Tevau

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Ghana

Akuaba

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Alaska

Baleine Thule

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina doll

Archives | Papua New Guinea

Ancestor figure

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

Kachina Archives | Arizona

Kachina Doll

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