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THBFour 20th C. Papua New Guinea Fiber Yam Masks
Lot 110
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A collection of four woven fiber masks, each painted in a bright palette of earthy pigments - ocher yellow, pale red, white, and a dramatic charcoal black. One has cowrie shell eyes, while the others have openwork eyes. Masks like this example have traditionally been used to adorn the heads of massive yams, rather than humans. According to the curatorial department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "A man's social status is determined largely by his success in growing long yams. Each man has a permanent exchange partner to whom he ceremonially presents his largest yams following the annual harvest... Men who are consistently able to give their partners longer yams than they receive gain great prestige. Lavishly adorned for the presentation ceremony, the finest long yams are essentially transformed into human images, decorated in the manner of men in full ceremonial regalia." (http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/311328) Size of largest: 15.6" W x 8.25" H (39.6 cm x 21 cm)
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#147280All are in nice condition with light patina and the coloration still bright. Some very small frayed or unwoven areas.Condition
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