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THB19th C. New Caledonian Kanak Chief's House, ex-Bonhams
Lot 125a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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New Caledonia, early 19th century. A rather rare model of a Kanak chief's house - oftentimes referred to as a Great Hut in New Caledonia - made for a French Colonial official with a wonderful hand-carved rooftop finial or spire known as a fleche faitere. The house model is comprised of all natural materials: wood, coconut fiber, and white seashells. Twin panels flanking the entrance of the circular shelter are hand-painted with stylized geometric pattern in russet red, white, and black hues. A generous conical coconute fiber "thatch" roof is crowned by a mound of shells and a finely carved fleche faitere. Size: 9" W x 46" H (22.9 cm x 116.8 cm)
Regarded as the home of ancestral spirits, the fleche faitere is characterized by three major components: a flat, crowned face at the center of the spire; a long pole with shells to symbolize the ancestor's voice; and a base to represent the connection of the clan via the chief. The pointed wooden elements projecting out from the central area are believed to ward off bad spirits from the ancestor and by extension a community of ancestors. Such Grand Huts are decorated with a fleche faîtiere filial to represent the ancestral spirits as well as the transition between the world of the living and the world of the deceased.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Bonhams, 2012
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#154543Intact, though some components are only loosely attached, notably the top. Great deposits on surface. Small losses from some of the shells. An old museum label with text that is difficult to discern is beneath the removable spire.Condition
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