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THBEarly 20th C. New Guinea Maprik Wood Lintel - 2 Pieces
Lot 135b
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, historical examples from the Spanish, Mexican, and American frontiers, fossils, and 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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- Lot Description
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam tribe from the Maprik/Wosera area, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A massive wood carved lintel, split into two pieces, depicting eight round, carved, anthropomorphic faces, each within a border, each separated by a hornbill head with long, downcurved beak. One of the heads has a hornbill beak as a headdress. The remains of red, white, yellow, and black on the faces gives an idea of how colorful this piece would have been when first made. The lintel is pierced through in four places, two on each side, for suspension above the doorway of a house. Size of largest piece: 102" W x 15" H (259.1 cm x 38.1 cm)
Dramatically carved and painted lintels like this one are part of the Haus Tambaran (an ancestor worship house with a steeply pointed roof). The Haus Tambaran is a specifically male space within the culture, and also relates to the yam cult that has developed around the staple crop of the people in this region. The faces on this example are meant to represent venerated ancestors, while the hornbills are a basic design element in much Papuan art. They are seen as symbolic of head hunting and the transfer of power. The bird also unites male and female characteristics that are important in initiation rituals.
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#150846This item was at one time one piece and is now in two pieces. The break line between the two has some small losses and is slightly jagged. Both sides have been exposed to weathering and have some losses of hornbill beaks as well as some cracks from age, but overall the carving is in good condition with clear form. Some traces of original pigment.Condition
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