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Auction 25 March 2024 PAPO & AFRICAN ARTS - XXth CENTURY ARTS - Chartres

Bid on the lot list Ivoire - Galerie de Chartres - Maîtres Gody-Baubau, Maiche, Rivière : 25 March 2024 - <p>Vendredi 22 mars de 15h à 18h</p><p>Samedi 23 mars de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 18h</p><p>Dimanche 24 mars de 9h à 12h</p><p>Lundi 25 mars de 9h à 12h</p> Galerie de Chartres - Chartres

PAPO & AFRICAN ARTS - XXth CENTURY ARTS

Monday 25 March 2024 - 10:00 (CET) - Live
7 bis, rue Collin d'Harleville - 28000 Chartres
Ivoire - Galerie de Chartres - Maîtres Gody-Baubau, Maiche, Rivière
PAPO & AFRICAN ARTS - XXth CENTURY ARTS
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Lot n° 405 

IATMUL, Wosera-Gaui, Papua New...

IATMUL, Wosera-Gaui, Papua New Guinea. Patinated cassowary bone, traces of pigment. Two very sharp daggers made from a cassowary femur. One carved with venomous animal figures (scolopendre, spider and snake) and the other with a "wundjumbu" spirit reminiscent...

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Lot n° 406 

MOUNT HAGEN, Highlands, Papua New...

MOUNT HAGEN, Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Pinctada Maxima mother-of-pearl, sparterie and shells, pigment. Moka Kina" pectoral coin featuring a mother-of-pearl crescent originally presented on a red resin plate. Considered a sign of status and prestige,...

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Lot n° 407 

MOUNT HAGEN, Highlands, Papua New...

MOUNT HAGEN, Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Pinctada Maxima mother-of-pearl, sparterie and shells, pigment. Moka Kina" pectoral coin featuring a mother-of-pearl crescent originally presented on a red resin plate. Considered a sign of status and prestige,...

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Lot n° 408 

MENDI, Southern Highlands, Papua...

MENDI, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Ceremonial "Pakol" pectoral made from the "Amphore mélo" scoop shell. The most important insignia in this region, it is worn as a pectoral ornament mainly by men, but also by women of high status. Size: 28...

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Lot n° 409 

ABELAM, Maprik, East Sepik, Papua...

ABELAM, Maprik, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Shell disk (tridacna gigas - giant clam). Yua/Yewaa" prestige coin in the shape of a wide, flat ring adorned with small notches reminiscent of a hornbill's beak. This coin was used for matrimonial compensations...

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Lot n° 410 

CHOISEUL ISLAND, Solomon Islands....

CHOISEUL ISLAND, Solomon Islands. Clam shell (Tridacna gigas). Remarkable "Barava Zaru" ring surmounted by a pair of leaning ancestors. Typical of the western Solomon Islands, this type of ring was considered a traditional form of currency and symbolized...

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Lot n° 411 

CHOISEUL ISLAND or NEW GEORGIA,...

CHOISEUL ISLAND or NEW GEORGIA, Solomon Islands Clam shell (tridacna gigas). Barava" funerary plaque carved with a ring topped by circles, a bonito fish and an ancestor figure. This object with high symbolic and monetary value was placed by warriors...

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Lot n° 412 

NEW GEORGIA ISLAND, Solomon Islands. Wood,...

NEW GEORGIA ISLAND, Solomon Islands. Wood, fiber, shells (tridacna sp, Ovula ovum), feathers. Rare composition of barava and shells worked on a wooden frame. Probably a funerary sculpture or protective charm. Height: 101 cm. Width: 37 cm. Small chips. Expert...

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Lot n° 413 

BLACKWATER RIVER, Papua New Guinea....

BLACKWATER RIVER, Papua New Guinea. Woven sparterie, rattan, natural pigments. Didagur" head mask evoking a male aquatic spirit recognizable by its enlarged nasal appendage. It was used during initiation ceremonies. Length: 77 cm. Height: 32 cm. Expert...

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Lot n° 414 

IATMUL, Krosmeri River, Middle...

IATMUL, Krosmeri River, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven spartery, natural pigments, bamboo. Protective gable mask from a literal "Haus Tambaran" (House of Men). This house of men is venerated by the tribes of the Middle Sepik in the same way as...

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Lot n° 415 

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik,...

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Baba" helmet mask made of braided sparterie enhanced with natural pigments. This mask is a guardian associated with the clan and is used during the final phase of initiations. Height: 37 cm. Width...

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Lot n° 416 

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik,...

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven spartery, natural pigments, plant fibers. Important "Baba Tagwa" helmet mask worn with a long pandanus leaf skirt. It was used to frighten the uninitiated in preparation for initiation ceremonies. Total...

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Lot n° 417 

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik,...

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven spartery, natural pigments, vegetable fibers. Baba Tagwa" helmet mask, worn with a long skirt made of pandanus leaves. It was used to frighten the uninitiated in preparation for initiation...

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Lot n° 418 

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik,...

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven spart, natural pigments. For the Abelam people, life revolves around the cultivation of yams and associated ceremonies and festivals. This "Mayëktak" mask, with its stylized bird's head and...

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Lot n° 419 

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik,...

ABELAM, Maprik district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Sparterie, cypraea shells, nassa shells. Karahut" spartwork pectoral representing a pair of protective genies wearing yam masks painted yellow. Height: 27 x 7 cm and 30 x 8 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian...

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Lot n° 420 

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. -Wooden...

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. -Wooden amulet mask, the eyes inlaid with cypraea shell and the necklace made of braided sparterie. Wooden head size: 8.5 cm. Length: 35 cm. -Pendant featuring a small circular face in woven sparterie, the eyes indicated by cypraea...

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Lot n° 421 

Reunion of three old "koteka" penis...

Reunion of three old "koteka" penis cases, MIDDLE SEPIK, Papua New Guinea. Painted sparterie on dried gourd, cypraea annulus shells, Job's tears. Length: 26 cm- 43 cm and 43 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 422 

YANGORU-BOIKEN, Prince Alexander...

YANGORU-BOIKEN, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Traditional "talipun" wedding coin consisting of a large turbo marmoratus shell linked to a wooden bird's head by a woven wickerwork base enhanced with natural pigments. Size: 31 x 22 cm. Expert...

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Lot n° 423 

YANGORU-BOIKEN, Prince Alexander...

YANGORU-BOIKEN, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Traditional "talipun" wedding coin made from a large turbo marmoratus shell attached to a spartan rhomboid. Size: 27 x 21 cm. Minor accidents. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 424 

WIRU, Pangia region, Highlands,...

WIRU, Pangia region, Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Woven sparterie, natural pigments. Timbuwara" effigy representing a supernatural being with a stylized anthropomorphic silhouette, arms raised and legs bent. Said to be "the spirit of the arrow that guards...

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Lot n° 425 

WIRU, Pangia region, Highlands,...

WIRU, Pangia region, Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Woven sparterie, natural pigments, vegetable resin. Timbuwara" effigy, receptacle of the Timbu spirit. Height : 70 cm. Width : 49 cm Restoration work. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 426 

TEREBU, Wewak district, East Sepik,...

TEREBU, Wewak district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Wood lightly powdered with natural red ochre pigments. Male "Yamburai Parak" mask, known as a "mosquito mask" because of its pointed nasal appendage. This clan mask represents a powerful bush spirit...

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Lot n° 427 

TEREBU, Wewak district, East Sepik,...

TEREBU, Wewak district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Wood, polychrome natural pigments. Male "Yamburai Parak" mask, known as a "mosquito mask" because of its pointed nasal appendage. This clan mask represents a powerful bush spirit called Parak, and...

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Lot n° 428 

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, vegetable paste, nassa, cypraea and conus shells, fibers. -Red "Mwai" mask adorned with shells and pig's teeth, with a nose extended by a bird's head. Height: 55 cm. Width: 15 cm. -Crest with concave face...

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Lot n° 429 

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Elliptical "Gope" votive board topped by an ancestor's head. Beautifully decorated with abstract motifs carved in champlevé and enhanced with natural pigments. Height: 118 cm. Width : 25 cm. Cracks. Expert...

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Lot n° 430 

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Carved...

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Carved wood, natural pigments. Gope" votive board with complex motifs. Height: 104.5 cm. Width: 26 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 431 

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

GULF of Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Koha" ancestor board placed in large longhouses, it is associated with the fortune of a lineage. Height: 77.5 cm. Width : 16 cm. Chipped patina. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 432 

Men's house panel, RIVIERE KERAM,...

Men's house panel, RIVIERE KERAM, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, fibers. Height: 88 cm. Width : 47 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 433 

YIMAN/YIMAR, Upper Korewori or...

YIMAN/YIMAR, Upper Korewori or Black Water, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Large "Yipwon" cult effigy depicting an emaciated man, his body made up of hooks and his heart appearing in the center of his ribs in the form of a mask. Height: 187...

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Lot n° 434 

KAMBOT, Keram River, Sepik Region,...

KAMBOT, Keram River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments including lime. After Europeans arrived in the region around 1913, missionaries forbade villagers to perform ceremonies, thus preventing the transmission of cultural knowledge....

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Lot n° 435 

ASMAT, Irian Jaya, Southwest New...

ASMAT, Irian Jaya, Southwest New Guinea. Wood, polychrome natural pigments, plant fibers. Almond-shaped shield, surmounted by a mask, and decorated with motifs evoking large fruit bats, symbolically associated with headhunting. Grip handle on back. Height:...

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Lot n° 436 

CITAK or AWJU, Irian Jaya, Southwest...

CITAK or AWJU, Irian Jaya, Southwest New Guinea. Wood, polychrome natural pigments. Large ceremonial panel with champlevé decoration symbolizing the relationship between the spirit world and the living. The iconographic arrangement of this ancient work...

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Lot n° 437 

MADANG (province), Wanuma village,...

MADANG (province), Wanuma village, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, fibers. Large shield-shaped archer's shield, decorated with dot and ripple motifs, as well as a band of lozenges at the top. Held by a rattan fiber tie, it was used to protect...

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Lot n° 438 

HIGHLANDS, Hagen, Papua. Rare wild...

HIGHLANDS, Hagen, Papua. Rare wild pigskin shield on rattan frame. Height: 103 cm. Width: 59 cm. Native restoration, minor accidents. Note : The Musée du Quai Branly's 2007 book "Objets blessés" ("Wounded Objects") addresses the theme of repaired, consolidated...

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Lot n° 439 

KERAM (valley), Angoram district,...

KERAM (valley), Angoram district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. War shield decorated with superimposed masks and chiseled motifs. Height : 164 m. Width: 28 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 440 

MUNDUGUMOR, Yuat River, Papua New...

MUNDUGUMOR, Yuat River, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, fibers. Meeting of two shields or votive boards, polychrome decoration of superimposed stylized masks. Dim: 187 x 30 cm and 161 x 29 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 441 

TAMBANUM, Middle Sepik, Papua New...

TAMBANUM, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, vegetable fibers. Samban" hook figure adorned with a Savi mask. Height: 135 cm. Width: 39 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 442 

KWOMA, Waskhkuk Mountains, Ambunti...

KWOMA, Waskhkuk Mountains, Ambunti district, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Large "Yena" ceremonial sculpture presented inside the "Kurumbu" ceremonial house during the first of the three ritual phases of the yam cycle intended to ensure the...

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Lot n° 443 

IATMUL, Mindimbit, Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

IATMUL, Mindimbit, Papua New Guinea. Wood, pigments, cassowary feathers, fibers. Speaker's lectern featuring a large standing male figure adorned with rank marks, his face highly worked with features reinforced with cypraea shell. He is leaning against...

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Lot n° 444 

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

IATMUL, Papua New Guinea. Wood, shells, fibers and feathers Large orator's lectern adorned with an impressive figure of an ancestor with a two-tone mask decorated with inlaid shells, pig tusks and feathers. Height: 219 cm. Damage and missing parts. Expert...

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Lot n° 445 

SAWOS, Papua New Guinea. Wood,...

SAWOS, Papua New Guinea. Wood, pigments, cassowary feathers, fibers, wickerwork. Large standing female figure, head evoking a savi mask carved with a dogfish on the forehead. Height: 218 cm. Minor accidents. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 446 

KWOMA-NUKUMA, Washkuk Mountains,...

KWOMA-NUKUMA, Washkuk Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Minja" figure of a water spirit associated with the yam rite. Height: 91 cm. Width: 21 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 447 

KWOMA-NUKUMA, Washkuk Mountains,...

KWOMA-NUKUMA, Washkuk Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments, cypraea. Minja" effigy composed of three aquatic spirits conducive to yam growth. Height: 112 cm. Width : 38 cm. Minor accidents and missing parts. Expert : NJIENSI Christian...

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Lot n° 448 

AMBRYM, Vanuatu. Heavy wood, natural...

AMBRYM, Vanuatu. Heavy wood, natural pigments. Rare figure adorned with grade paintings, reminiscent of the Rom mask motif. Height: 116 cm. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 449 

ABELAM, Papua New Guinea. Cult...

ABELAM, Papua New Guinea. Cult board decorated with an ancestor and hornbills. Carved wood, polychrome natural pigments. Height: 184 cm. Width : 35 cm. Damage and missing parts. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 450 

ABELAM, Maprik district, Papua...

ABELAM, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea. Hardwood, natural pigments. Wapinyan" human figure surmounted by a hornbill. Among the Abelam, the hornbill is very important as it announces the upcoming yam harvest. Height: 73 cm. Cracks and restorations. Note:...

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Lot n° 451 

IATMUL, Papua Wood, pigments. Initiatory...

IATMUL, Papua Wood, pigments. Initiatory zoomorphic figure combining crocodile, fish eagle and rooster. Height: 72 cm. An initiatory figure in carved and painted wood combining the body of a woman with the head of a frog. Size: 58 cm. Minor accidents. Expert...

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Lot n° 452 

Large statue of a standing ancestor,...

Large statue of a standing ancestor, SINGARIN or WATAM, Papua New Guinea. Wood, cassowary feathers, rattan basketry. Height: 150 cm. Cracks. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 453 

KANGANAMAN, Wosera-Gaui, East Sepik,...

KANGANAMAN, Wosera-Gaui, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ravined hardwood. Important "Tambaran" men's house post, representing a couple of ancestors leaning against each other. Height : 152 cm. Damage and missing parts. Expert : NJIENSI Christian Hervé

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Lot n° 454 

IATMUL or SAWOS, Papua New Guinea. Leached...

IATMUL or SAWOS, Papua New Guinea. Leached wood with deep patina. Ancestor figure associated with crocodile and fishing eagle, ceremonial house guardian. Height: 145 cm. Width: 40 cm. Small accidents and missing parts. Expert : NJIENSI Christian He...

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