Rare masque de chaman, vers 1900-1930 · Alaska du Sud-Ouest, Île Nunivak, Yupik · ID: 3051581
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA
Finch & Co., London, Great Britain
Andreas & Kathrin Lindner, Munich, Germany
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, pigments, two wooden rings, feathers as a mount for attached wooden elements (seal and its flippers, two whale’s tails), water stains, base
This mask depicts the human-like face of a shamanic spirit.
Inside the communal men’s house “qasgiq”, Yup’ik shamans performed masked ceremonies which brought to life helping spirits and supernatural beings. Shamans wore masks to facilitate communication and movements between worlds (the visible and the invisible, the men and the spirits, the living and the dead…). This voyage is symbolized here by the concentric circles around the face.
Ritually powerful when in use, they were often discarded afterwards, their power and spiritual energy spent.
L’objet Rare masque de chaman, vers 1900-1930 avec l’ID d’objet 3051581 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 103 dans 16 novembre 2024 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 76 a atteint un prix de vente de 6 500 €.
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Publications
Finch & Co, Catalogue 26, 2016, No. 44