Ornement de flûte Iatmul - photo 1

Ornement de flûte Iatmul

Lot 96
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Lot 96 | Ornement de flûte Iatmul
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€ 30 000 – 50 000
Ornement de flûte Iatmul

Province Sepik oriental, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Hauteur : 76 cm. (30 in.)





Provenance

Roberta et Lance Entwistle, Londres

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en mars 1977 (inv. n° 4064)



Literature

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., Indonésie et Mélanésie. Art tribal et cultures archaïques des mers du Sud, Genève, 1977, pp. 59 et 108, n° 6

Jeanneret, A., Laude, J. et al., Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, Genève, 1977, pp. 62 et 103, n° 36

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, p. 147

Barbier-Mueller, J.P. et al., Oiseaux. Trente sculptures en bois, en métal et en pierre, accompagnées de trente sculptures en mots, Genève, 1984, p. 17

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. 278 et 279

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. 195, n° 9

Peltier, P. et al., Ombres de Nouvelle-Guinée. Arts de la grande île d’Océanie dans les collections Barbier-Mueller/Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Paris, 2006, p. 105, n° 42

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. 286 et 287



Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, 1er juin - 31 octobre 1977

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, 2 mai - 20 novembre 1981

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

Paris, Mona Bismarck American Center, Ombres de Nouvelle-Guinée. Arts de la grande île d’Océanie dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, 3 octobre - 25 novembre 2006



Further details

Iatmul flute stopper, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Papua New Guinea
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