Masque malangan vanis

Lot 90
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 90 | Masque malangan vanis
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€ 30 000 – 50 000
Masque malangan vanis

Nouvelle-Irlande, Archipel Bismarck, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Hauteur : 123 cm. (48 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis le 1er juin 1954

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 4322)



Literature

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., Indonésie et Mélanésie. Art tribal et cultures archaïques des mers du Sud, Genève, 1977, pp. 71 et 111

Gunn, M., Nouvelle-Irlande. Arts rituels d’Océanie dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/New Ireland. Ritual Arts of Oceania in the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Lausanne, 1997, pp. 138 et 139, n° 37



Further details

Malagan vanis mask, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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