Rare cimier de danse "rom" pour la cérémonie "rom kòn", 19e/20e siècle · Vanuatu, Île d'Ambrym · ID: 3047067
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 21 June 2016, Lot 78
Millon et Associés, Nice, 29 September 2018, Lot 143
Description
balsa wood, palm leaf sheath, vegetable paste, colour pigments, hemp, feathers,
Many “rom” masks were destroyed after use, which is why very few examples exist in western collections and why there is little reliable information about the different mask types and their use to date.
Some “rom” masks are said to have been associated with secret male societies that regulated almost all aspects of Vanuatu social life. They were only displayed to initiates while others were used in public displays and pantomime.
Two comparable masks collected by Felix Speiser in 1910/12 and currently in the Museum der Kulturen Basel, illustrated by Kaufmann, 1997, p. 120, ill. 174 & 175.
L’objet Rare cimier de danse “rom” pour la cérémonie “rom kòn”, 19e/20e siècle avec l’ID d’objet 3047067 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 24 octobre 2020 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 29 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 120, ill. 174 &175