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THB19th C. Rare Panama Kuna Wood Figure - Ex-Kitt Kapp
Lot 117d
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Artemis Gallery
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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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- Lot Description
Central America, Panama, San Blas Islands, Kuna/Cuna, ca. 19th century to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a standing man whose face has avian characteristics. He wears a helmet-style hat, a tunic-like shirt, and has a long, beak-like nose that, with his deepset eyes, gives his face an owl-like appearance. His hands are down at his sides, and in one of them, he holds a spade or mace that rests against his foot. This type of figure is sometimes known as a nuchu. Size: 3.4" W x 13.5" H (8.6 cm x 34.3 cm); 15.7" H (39.9 cm) on included custom stand.
The Kuna people live on a series of thirty islands in the archipelago of San Blas in the Caribbean. This is a region of high humidity, hot temperatures, and intense rains. In their traditional medicinal practice, bad spirits of illness, known as ponis, must be expelled from the body by a traditional medicine man, sometimes called a curendero. He does this using nuchu - good spirits - who are represented in wood carvings. When someone is ill, these figures are placed around their hammock to guard against evil spirits.
Provenance: ex-old private New England, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s; ex-Kitt Kapp collection
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#140541Rich patina on wood from age and handling, with light scratches commensurate with age. Two tiny old drill marks are on one side of the body, one at the neck and one just below the tunic on the thigh.Condition
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