Coupe "jifoi"
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Lot: 26
75th tribal art auctionCoupe "jifoi"
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Asmat
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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collected in situ, Asmat (before 1970) Cenderawashi Museum Jayapura, West Papua (1985) |
L: 88 cm |
2000 EUR
Frais supplémentaires : 23% de commission, TVA, expédition et assurance transport |
light wood, remains of white and orange pigment, bowl corpus with characteristic decor on the outside ("bipane" motif), contours in raised struts, a big male figure on one end of the bowl, slightly dam. (mouth), minor missing parts (bowl tip, right foot), rest. (nose tip);
as the bowl is in the shape of a small canoe, this "jifoi" probably was used as paint cup. When not in use, bowls were placed upside down on a rack above the owners sleeping place, so that the depicted ancestor remained in contact with him.
Dehaene, Frederic (ed.), Asmat Art, The van der Hoeven Collection, Brussels o.J.