Daniel Hourdé

Malagan Figure, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

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80,000 - 120,000 EUR

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Malagan Figure, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Height: 50 ¾ in. ; Haut. 129 cm.

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Possibly Everett Rassiga, New York / Budapest / Genève

Patricia Withofs, Londres

Daniel Hourdé, Paris

French private Collection

Christie's, Paris, Art Océanien, Africain et d'Amérique du Nord : Collection Bottet et à divers amateurs, June 14, 2011, lot 175

Daniel Hourdé Collection, Paris, acquired from the above sale

Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 78, été 1991, p. 43

By Jean-Philippe Beaulieu

This beautiful Malagan is a typical example of the quality of carving and pigments found in objects from the 1880-1890 period. It is presented in excellent condition, indicating that it was collected shortly after its ritual use. Most Malagans evoke powerful men. However, it is clear in this piece that the figure is a kneeling woman, with pointed breasts and protruding ribs, wearing a wide loincloth with long, dangling arms. Her legs are slender and highly stylised. The head is crowned with a conical coiffure typical of those worn by women in New Ireland to protect them from the rain. This coiffure can also sometimes be seen worn by male figures, such as one in the collection of Maurice de Vlaminck (Ponceton 1930; Vérité sale 2006; later Rosenthal), or the figure published by the Goddefroy Museum in 1881 and now held in the Field Museum, Chicago. The ears have greatly distended lobes, extending into feather-like projections on either side of the coiffure. The coiffure itself is flanked by two vertical extensions above the ears, evoking feathers. The hair is dark and created using a combination of beeswax and paste made from Parinarium laurinum nuts. The Malagan is entirely covered in pigments forming geometric motifs. We have identified a figure with similar iconography but far lesser intricate, acquired by the Dunedin Museum in 1924 (D 24.1790).

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