Rare ornement de flûte sacrée, Sawos ou Iatmul, Moyen Sepik , Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée

collects ion Marcia et John Friede, New York

Reproduit dans :
Friede, New Guinea Art,.Masterpieces from the Jolika collects ion of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, vol. 1 : 265, n° 138 et vol. 2 : 120

Very good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Only the left eye retains its nassa shell.
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cf. Hooper (1997, vol. II : 50, fig. 32) pour un ornement de flûte comparable, provenant de la collects ion Pierre Loeb et conservé dans la Sainsbury collects ion de l'University of East Anglia. Selon Hooper (idem), ces ornements étaient considérés comme très précieux, intervenant dans les rituels durant lesquels les jeunes gens étaient initiés aux secrets des cultes. Superbe jeu de lignes, où la puissante dynamique verticale est contrariée par la tension des volumes projetés en courbes et contre-courbes. Très belle patine brune, profonde, grumeleuse dans les creux. Daté, par la technique du C14, entre 1660 et 1890.

A rare sacred flute ornament, Sawos or Iatmul, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea

cf. Hooper (1997, vol. II: 50, fig. 32) for a comparable flute ornament from the collects ion of Pierre Loeb, now in the Sainsbury collects ion at the University of East Anglia. According to Hooper (ibid.), flute ornaments were considered to be highly important objects, used during the initiation of young people. The offered ornament displays a superb play of line, the powerful vertical axis contrasting with the projecting volumes of the curves and counter-curves. Very fine deep brown patina, crumbly in the hollows. A Carbon 14 test indicates that the wood dates to between 1660 and 1890.