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Pendentif hei tiki Maori

Lot 18
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ID 1158362
Lot 18 | Pendentif hei tiki Maori
Estimate value
€ 30 000 – 50 000
Pendentif hei tiki Maori

Nouvelle-Zélande

Hauteur : 9.5 cm. (3 ¾ in.)





Provenance

Collection Alain Schoffel, Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en avril 1987 (inv. n° 5107-E)



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. 134 et 135, n° 29

Butor, M. et al., Parure, Paris, 1994, pp. 209 et 240

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., « De la Polynésie à la Mélanésie. Des civilisations sans métal », in L'Objet d'art, Dijon, 1994, p. 36

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., « Sous le signe de l’itinérance. De l’Afrique noire à l’Inde, en passant par le Proche-Orient, l’Océanie et le Sud-Est asiatique. Le parcours de Parure », in Connaissance des arts, Paris, 1994, Hors-série n° 60, pp. 36 et 37, n° 40

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. 354, n° 9

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, p. 307

Neich, R., « Boîtes à trésor wakahuia et papahou chez les Maoris/Wakahuia and Papahou. Maori Treasure Boxes », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2002, n° 3, p. 245

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. 372-373 et 397

Caprini, R. et al., Bijoux de l’homme, bijoux de la terre. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2010, pp. 110-111 et 125, n° 43

Vanderstraete, A., Monnaies. Objets d’échange. Afrique - Asie - Océanie, Genève, 2016, pp. 146-147, 198 et 199, n° 119 et 181



Exhibited

Paris, MAD - Musée des Arts décoratifs, Parure. Les bijoux ethniques du musée Barbier-Mueller, 14 septembre - 20 novembre 1994

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Parure. Une sélection de bijoux ethniques, 2 février - 1er septembre 1995

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Bijoux de l’homme, bijoux de la terre, 1er décembre 2009 - 15 septembre 2010

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



Further details

Maori hei tiki pendant, New Zealand
Medium:Jade, Precious stones
Place of origin:New Zealand
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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