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Ancient Chiefs hut doorjamb Jovo/Thale
Kanak, New Caledonia

Iron wood
18th century
158cm

Provenance:
Collected in situ around 1900 by Armand Victor de Lartigue (1860-1931) who was an officer in the French Navy
Transmitted by family descent


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Figure Uli
New Ireland

Wood, pigments, shell, fiber
97cm

19th century

Provenance:
Possibly Gabriel von Max (1840-1915), Munich
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (inv. no. Sü 1678), acquired in 1917, possibly as part of the estate of the above
Maurice Bonnefoy, New York and Paris, acquired by 1966

Literature:
Alfred Bühler, Art océanien, Neuchâtel, 1970, p. 88, cat. no. 1141 (listed)
Philip C. Gifford, The Iconology of the Uli Figure of Central New Ireland, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974, n.p., cat. no. 124
Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Uli: Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific, Bornival, 2021, p. 324, cat. no. U10-11

Exhibited:
Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel, Art océanien, June 27 – December 31, 1970



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Ancient spirit figure, aripa
Inyai-Ewa people
Middle Sepik, Korewori River, Papua New Guinea

Wood
104cm

18th century or earlier

Provenance:
Saul Brandman Foundation, Beverly Hills, Ca, USA


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