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A fine Bobo zoomorphic mask
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Pre 1940 item# 1050912 (stock# AC09.1.74mc)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
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Of unusual form consisting of an antelope head as the helmet portion of the mask, and a small, fully-realized antelope hovering above as the headpiece superstructure. Bobo blacksmiths carve and wear a variety of animal masks during funerals, initiation ceremonies, or during planting and harvesting times in the village. This example is quite old as evidenced by the heavy, hard wood it is made from, as well as the shiny, deep brown surface visible on the central shaft connecting the animal forms, ...click for details
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A Lobi female 'bateba' figure
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Pre 1960 item# 1045070 (stock# S7343mc)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
$500.00...further provenance on request
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This wood sculpture was created to guard against sorcery, evil and illness. Its role was a protective one and it was most likely placed on or around an altar as part of a group of various 'bateba' figures. The precise meaning of each figure's shape and posture will never be known, since these carvings were created as the result of a seers vision for an afflicted individual who was suffering a particular malady. Grey-brown, slightly encrusted, sacrificial patina, overall. The lower le ...click for details
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"Samo Tribesman" by Malcolm Kirk
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Pre 1990 item# 1011036 (stock# K0002)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
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A male in ceremonial, avian-like costume, completely bedecked with organic materials and handmade accouterments. This splendid image, part of the "Man as Art" series, was taken by Malcolm Kirk in Sokabi village, Western Province of Papua New Guinea, between the years of 1967-1980. "It strikes me that of all the animals that have influenced mankind, we have felt the greatest affinity with birds".....Malcolm Kirk, from the foreword in "Man as Art," 1993, Chronicle Boo ...click for details
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"Huli tribesman" by Malcolm Kirk
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Pre 1990 item# 993699 (stock# K0001)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
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From the "Man as Art" series taken in Papua New Guinea during the photographer's 13 years of travel into that area of the South Pacific, starting in the 1960's. A large-format book, entitled "Man as Art", was first published in 1981. At that time, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wrote that she considered it "one of the most beautiful books I have seen in my life."
Malcolm Kirk was assistant to Irving Penn while in New York City, 1964. He has traveled on assig ...click for details
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