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| Auction Closes At: |
14:49:00 12/10/2024 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
382. Iatmul Pigment Dish |
| Estimate: |
$2,000-$3,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$4,000.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$4,000.00 |
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| Category: |
Ethnographic and Tribal Art
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| Sub Category: |
Oceania (South Seas and New Guinea)
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| Culture or Country: |
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea.
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| Period: |
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| Size: |
3/4 x 1 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (1.9 x 4.4 x 18.7 cm). |
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| Description: |
Excellent delicately carved pigment dish, in form of a crocodile, with long finely detailed head, bead eyes, tapered jaws, and extended tail. The ovoid hollowed dish body and sides with deeply incised reptilian pattern highlighted with red ochre. Rich dark brown patina, minor abraded surface on interior floor of dish. “EN299” label on underside. A rare gem.
Eric Kjellgren wrote: Pigment bowls — small oblong vessels that were used to mix and contain paint or, more rarely. other substances — were produced by a number of middle Sepik cultures.' Created in a variety of forms, these exquisitely crafted vessels were primarily employed to hold paints used to adorn the human body on important occasions. . Pigment bowls were rare and treasured objects, reported! by senior men, who passed them down as heirlooms to their successors. Among the latmul people, pigment bowls were formerly used to mix the supernaturally charged paint applied to the faces of warriors prior to combat. As the paint was being mixed, magical incantations were recited, endowing the warrior with the supernatural power to vanquish his enemies. The bowls were also employed to hold the paint used to adorn the faces of the overmodeled skulls of ancestors and enemies. [Source: Eric Kjellgren, “Oceania: Art of the Pacific Islands in The Metropolitan Museum of Art”, 2007]. |
| Provenance: |
Private East Coast collection, acquired 1996. Ex. Lance Entwistle, London.
Ex. Sotheby's NYC., May 8, 1996 (lot 24). Ex. Charles Ratton, Paris. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$50.00 |
| International: |
$100.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Iatmul Pigment Dish
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
longcat |
$4,000.00 |
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12/10/2024 2:41:09 PM |
| 2. |
Poyer |
$3,750.00 |
1 |
12/10/2024 2:32:56 PM |
| 3. |
longcat |
$3,500.00 |
1 |
12/10/2024 2:37:55 PM |
| 4. |
longcat |
$3,000.00 |
1 |
12/10/2024 2:37:51 PM |
| 5. |
longcat |
$2,800.00 |
1 |
12/9/2024 5:39:46 PM |
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