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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic African & Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  05 Dec 2022 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  9089
• Lot Description:
  A Fine Older and Ceremonially Used Hat Mask and Temmes Puppet Head Figure, SW Malekula Island, Vanuatu
  H 62, 81 cm
• Provenance:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
• Notes:
  Many Vanuatu peoples have complex men's secret societies, which involve a series of ritual "grades" through which individuals pass, by means of initiation rites, festivals, and pig sacrifices, in order to achieve increasing religious and social status. The two most prominent grade societies in southern Malekula are Nimangki and Nalawan. Grade rituals in each of these societies involve the creation of brightly painted figures and masks depicting powerful spirits and other supernatural beings. this mask is made and worn at various stages in the ceremonial cycle, (see the field photos of similar Hat Masks & Puppet Heads in use insitu on Malekula Island that were all collected on the same field collection trip in 1988).
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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