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THB19th C. Tahitian Wood Staff for Chief Mourner
Lot 297
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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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Oceania, Tahiti, ca. 19th century or earlier. An impressive mourner's staff comprised of a long piece of bamboo with four equidistantly spaced tufts of coconut fiber tied together with sennit fiber above a pair of slender horizontal sticks adorning the upper end. A staff like this was likely created for the Chief Mourner, an individual who officiated at Tahitian funeral ceremonies. Each article of a Chief Mourner's regalia was considered to be sacred and had symbolic meaning. When dressed in his mourner's costume, the Chief Mourner was thought to possess the power to ignite the gods to guide the deceased into the Arioi's paradise known as Rohutu-no'an'a. Size: 53" H (134.6 cm); 53.5" H (135.9 cm) on included custom stand. Bamboo is 1" in diameter (2.5 cm). Wooden sticks at base of coconut fiber measures 4.75" W (12.1 cm), a tad more than the diameter of the coconut fiber adornment.
Captain James Cook led three major voyages to the Pacific between 1768 and 1779, making a name for himself as an accomplished navigator, cartographer, and explorer. During his Second Voyage (1772-1775), Cook set out on the HMS Resolution in search of the southern continent. Along with him, he took father and son naturalists Reinhold and George Foster who in addition to recording copious notes on the cultures and natural history of the islands they visited, also collected interesting objects including the Chief Mourning Costume from Tahiti housed in the Forster Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum. While much scholarly attention has been given to the Mourner's Costume, scholars have more to learn about the Mourner's Staff.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; purportedly collected by Captain Steven Martin aboard the SS Hector in 1831; ex Bonhams, 2014
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#154549Some age cracks to the bamboo. Ample coconut fiber remains. Bamboo has developed a nice warm patina. Overall very good.Condition
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