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SELTENE MBOTGOTE HELM-MASKE TEMES MBALBAL

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€ 2 000
Auction dateClassic
07.12.2017 11:00UTC +02:00
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VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
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Germany, Köln
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ID 19177
Lot 2138 | SELTENE MBOTGOTE HELM-MASKE TEMES MBALBAL
Vanuatu, Südwest Malakula. 19./20. Jahrhundert

Holz, Pflanzenfasern, Erdpigmente, Eberhauer. In den komplexen Männergesellschaften der auf Vanuatu heimischen Gruppen gibt es
zahlreiche und gestufte Nalawan-Rituale, mittels derer Personen in politische und
religiöse Machtstrukturen aufgenommen werden. In den dazu zelebrierten Festlichkeiten
werden solche, auch Vimpuri genannte Masken verwendet. Diese hier zeigt die
kannibalistische Gigantin Nevinbumbaan, auf deren Schultern ihr Sohn oder Ehemann Ambat
Malondr reitet. Die Maske wird der Nimangki Gesellschaft zugeschrieben und in
verschiedenen Zeremonien gebraucht. Höhe 43cm, Breite 50cm, Tiefe 41cm. Zustand B. Beilage: Kleines Model der Asaro Mudmen mit abnehmbarer Helmmaske. Lehm, Holzstab. Papua Neuguinea. 20. Jahrhundert H. ca. 19cm. Repariert.
Provenienz:
-Sammlung Detlef Rosen, Düsseldorf

Vergleich:
-Bradford D. Kelleher (Hg): The Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Americas. New York 1987, Abb. 33 zeigt ein ähnliches Stück (Nr. 1979.206.1697) in der Rockefeller Sammlung des MET.

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