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Manche de chasse-mouches tahiri ra’a

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€ 150 000
Auction dateClassic
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 48 | Manche de chasse-mouches tahiri ra’a
Manche de chasse-mouches tahiri ra’a

Îles Australes, Polynésie française

Hauteur : 32.5 cm. (12 ¾ in.)





Provenance

Collection Arthur Baessler (1857-1907), Eberswalde

Collection Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden, Dresde (inv. n° 18562)

Maureen Zarember, New York

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis auprès de cette dernière en 1986 (inv. n° 5453)



Literature

Hierro, J., Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. Regards sur les collections et sur les activités du musée Barbier- Mueller 1977-1987/Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Collections and Activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Genève, 1987, pp. 136 et 137, n° 30

Newton, D. et Waterfield, H., Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller/Tribal Sculpture. Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1995, pp. 326 et 327

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 331, n° 12

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 308 et 309

Hooper, S., « Manches de chasse-mouches des Îles Australes/Double-Figure Fly Whisk Handles from the Austral Islands », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2001, n° 2, plat recto et p. 180, n° 1

Alleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 356-357 et 396

Vanderstraete, A., Monnaies. Objets d’échange. Afrique - Asie - Océanie, Genève, 2016, pp. 197 et 198, n° 178



Exhibited

Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA - Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens, Arts des Mers du Sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller, 5 juin - 4 octobre 1998

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Monnaies. Objets d’échange. Afrique - Asie - Océanie, 11 février - 30 octobre 2016



Further details

Tahiri ra'a flywhisk, Austral Islands, French Polynesia
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:French Polynesia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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