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THBRare Mid 20th C. Papua New Guinea Talipan Mask
Lot 166a
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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, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Yangoru Boiken peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A rare and exceptional woven Talipun mask of the style known as Talipun, a ritual form of money used as a bride price. Woven of native bark and embellished with clay in hues of coffee brown, creamy beige and russet, this remarkable vizard presents a heart-shaped visage with a pair of annular eye holes, a narrow nose with an aperture at its septum possibly for suspending ornaments, and a petite, ovoid mouth. Lovely bird feathers adorn the top of this intriguing mask, while an enormous marbled turban shell (turbo marmoratus) in lustrous shades of grey and cream is tied with a reed to its chin. Size: 8" W x 15.125" H (20.3 cm x 38.4 cm); 18" H (45.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Talipun or Talipoon is a traditional currency of high importance to the Yangoru Boiken people that is often used to pay a bride's dowry. These fascinating masks usually represent the visage of an ancestor or a bush spirit. The gorgeous shells strung to their bases are considered objects of great wealth to the Yangoru Boiken people.
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#135676Collection label on shell and base of modern stand. Light cracking to areas of clay, some small areas of soft fraying to bark, and light pitting to shell, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with impressive remaining pigments.Condition
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