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THBRare 19th C. Micronesian Mortlock Island Wood Mask
Lot 313
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
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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Oceania, Micronesia, Chuuk, Caroline Islands, Nomoi Islands (Mortlock), Satoan Atoll (Satawan Atoll), ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. Micronesian culture has almost no masks - only those from this group of islands, a series of atolls northeast of Papua New Guinea. Known in their language as "tapuanu", it is hand carved from breadfruit wood and painted using lime white and soot black. In the characteristic style of Nomoi masks, everything about the mask is thin: the profile, the eye slits, the projecting eyebrows, and the nose. A lower-profile outline around the lower half of the face resembles a black beard. This mask is meant to represent an ancestor, and would have been hung in a boat house or a ceremonial house, where secret soutapuanu society members could hold performances to appease the god of wind and protect the breadfruit harvest. Size: 4.2" W x 10.25" H (10.7 cm x 26 cm); 11.75" H (29.8 cm) on included custom stand.
See similar examples at the British Museum (Oc1944,02.943) and LACMA (M.2008.66.13).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Dr. Gallagher collection, Sydney, Australia
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#151845Intact with light signs of wear commensurate with age. Some of the paint is chipped away and there are a few small chips and nicks. Overall great preservation with very clear form and details.Condition
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