Hook "garra" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Monts Hunstein · ID: 3032948
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Description
wood, dark brown patina with remains of black paint, projection in the centre whitened with kaolin, the corpus painted with white dots, slightly dam., cracks, on block-like base;
“garra” are carried in the hands of male dancers during initiation ceremonies. The concentric hooked “garra” are not true masks. They are thought to represent an image of the cosmos with the hooks of the hornbill beaks distributed around the middle element of the sun and moon. Others interpret the “garra” as representing a catfish. Hooked “garra” are also identified with water spirits, and should be kept immersed or at least in a wet place.
L’objet Hook “garra” avec l’ID d’objet 3032948 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 69th tribal art auction dans 2 juin 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 23 a atteint un prix de vente de 20 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 265 f.
Publications
Louisianna Revy, 32, September 1991, Fig. 7, Katnr. 214, S. 43
Exposition
OCEANIA, Kunst fra Melanesien, Louisianna Museet, Denmark 1991