Dance crest "De’aruwa" of the "Warime" festival"
Venezuela, Piaroa
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels, BelgiumChristie’s Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, Lot 340
Size
H: 140 cm (with raffia fringe)
H: 55.1 inch (with raffia fringe)
Description
bark cloth, modelling material, pigments, grass fibres, feathers (macaw), with woven rattan rattle, base
The Piaroa people inhabit the Orinoco River Basin region of Venezuela and northern Brazil.
The “Warime” ceremony is the biggest festival of Piaroa society. It includes a purification ritual in which masqueraders represent animal spirits and proclaim their deeds of the year to the tribe, good and bad, to seek respectively praise or forgiveness.