JULIEN FLAK
The Galerie Flak, located 8 Rue des Beaux-Arts in Paris was founded in 1990. The gallery specializes in Ancient Tribal Arts from Africa, Oceania & North America. Julien Flak is a certified expert in ancient arts of North America and Oceania and a member of CECOA (the European Chamber of Expert-Advisors in Fine Art). He is also a member of SNA (Syndicat National des Antiquaires in France). The gallery closely works with the major ethnography museums around the world (Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris, Musée des Confluences in Lyon, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, museums in Tahiti, Taiwan, Jerusalem, etc.). The Galerie Flak also takes part in important art fairs around the world. This includes exhibitions at the Parcours des Mondes, Paris Tribal, PAD Art + Design Fair, the Bourgogne Tribal show as well as the annual AOA/ MATA Fair in New York. Every year, the gallery stages a major exhibition. Our latest events include the following exhibitions and publications: Voyages in the wake of Captain Cook (2019), AfriCubism (2018), Kachinas (2018), Archaic Eskimo (2016), Skulls (2013), Nigeria Masters of Movement (2012). 8 Rue des Beaux-Arts - 75006 Paris - France Tel. : +33 1 46 33 77 77 Mobile : +33 6 84 52 81 36 Email : contact@galerieflak.com Portrait © Baptiste Lignel
INTERVIEW
Family portrait ! © Danielle Voirin, archives Galerie Flak, 2013
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH TRIBAL ART? WAS IT IN A MUSEUM OR IN A GALLERY? WHAT TRIBAL ART OBJECT ATTRACTED YOU FIRST? One day, over twenty-five years ago, my parents took me to the Fondation Cartier, then in Jouy-en-Josas near Paris, to see an exhibition entitled “A visage découvert”. The exhibition presented a wide array of artworks related to the representation of human faces through the ages. In one of the rooms, next to drawings by Henri Matisse, I discovered Eskimo masks from Alaska. It was, I think, my first “primitive” aesthetic shock. This exhibition unleashed a torrent of interest and questions deep within. How could I feel such a strong connection with these faraway arts? Their sheer poetry and strength left me speechless. The first mask I bought years later turned out to be a Yup’ik Eskimo mask from Alaska. How an exhibition can change the course of a life! ARE YOU A SELF-TAUGHT DEALER OR DID YOU HAVE A MENTOR? WHICH DEALERS INSPIRED YOU EARLY ON? I had a life before I became an art dealer! After graduating from HEC Paris, I started a career in marketing in Southeast Asia and then in advertising agencies in Paris before I realized, shortly before I turned 30, that this path was not fulfilling enough for me in terms of meaning. After a few weeks of introspection, trying to find out what really mattered to me, the passion for art quickly took precedence over all other considerations. My parents Edith and Roland, who had also changed directions about twenty years before (from pharmacists to modern art dealers) obviously served as my first mentors and guides. Their gallery, already located 8 rue des BeauxArts, had two spaces: a gallery dedicated to modern & contemporary art, and a second one where they were starting to exhibit ancient tribal art. I offered to join the gallery and devote myself to this department. I also had the good fortune at the time to attend classes at the Ecole du Louvre where my teachers were Philippe Peltier for the arts of Oceania and Hélène Joubert for the arts of Africa. I am also grateful and indebted to the passionate collectors and connoisseurs who’ve been visiting the gallery since I started: by sharing their discoveries, their questions, their doubts and delights, they’ve helped me sharpen my skills and knowledge year after year.
With Edith & Roland and a few New Guinea friends! Photo Š Danielle Voirin, archives Galerie Flak, 2008
I devote a lot of time to visiting exhibitions and museums around the world, reading and taking part in symposiums, study trips and lectures. Still, in my opinion, nothing replaces direct, physical contact with artworks. It is by handling masks and sculptures, by living in close contact with them that one can truly learn, understand and appreciate these arts in all their dimensions. DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE INITIATED TO START COLLECTING? I think we first have to start by opening our eyes and really “observe”. For most of us, the first approach to the ancient arts of Oceania Africa or America is not obvious because these arts are based on cultural, religious, historical, aesthetic references that are distant from our own canons. Before trying to “understand” rationally, I think it is important to simply feel, and accept to get carried away by the sheer evocative power of these artworks. I love the English-speaking concept of “gut-feeling”: this, to me, is at the very heart of the question. If we feel a vibration, a deep, intimate connection with a certain work of art, then passion can grow, and the desire to collect may be triggered. ARE WE SEEING A NEW GENERATION OF COLLECTORS EMERGING IN THE TRIBAL ART MARKET? The market is indeed changing at an incredible speed. The new generation of collectors may no longer visit the galleries as often as before. Still, these collectors are extremely well-informed and follow each of our posts and publications online, on the gallery’s website www.galerieflak.com, on Tribal Art Society or on social networks. I am fascinated and thrilled to see how such responsive media as Instagram can spark discussions, interest and sales. I think it is crucial today, as an art dealer, to maintain a presence at all levels: at the gallery with exhibitions and thematic publications, at art shows and events in Paris (Parcours des Mondes, Jeudi des Beaux-Arts, Paris Tribal) and around the globe (Bourgogne Tribal Show, MATA New York, etc.) but also on social media, in the press etc. It is our main mission as dealers to fuel the passion and knowledge of this new generation of collectors. In order to do so, we must seize all the tools at our disposal to show and promote the arts and cultures we are so passionate about. WHAT ARE THE AESTHETIC ASPECTS THAT GUIDE YOUR CHOICES? I can only sell artworks that I love, yet I must admit I have a wide range of interest and passion when it comes to tribal art! That is the reason why I never wanted to limit myself to a specific region or type of artworks. Still, there are certain areas I am most fond of, including Hopi Kachina dolls from Arizona, ancient Eskimo art of North America or Polynesian art. I choose the artworks I present as a collector would: if I’m moved by a piece, if I feel I want to live with it for a while, then I know that it will have its rightful place in the gallery. Passion guides my choices. CAN YOU DISCUSS A MAJOR HIGH PROFILE PIECE YOU’VE SOLD? It is difficult to choose a single piece, nevertheless, there is one mask to which I am particularly attached.
Back in the early 2000s in a US collection, I found a Tsimshian portrait mask (Northwest Coast, Canada) that formerly belonged to André Breton. The asking price was in line with the (convulsive) beauty of this mask but I did not hesitate for a second. As soon as I returned to France, I started researching the provenance of this mask. I found out it was actually published in the catalog of the celebrated sale of the “André Breton & Paul Eluard Collection”, July 1931, Paris Hôtel Drouot. I sold this mask almost immediately to a client and friend of mine but the memory of this mask never left me. A few years later, Hermione Waterfield and J. C. H. King published “Provenance: Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England” (Ed. Somology Art Publishers, 2006). In this book, I came across a photograph of William O. Oldman dating from 1928. On this image, the mask can be seen on the wall of his house. After long additional research, I finally managed to retrace the full provenance of this mask over the last 100 years or so. It appears to have been part of the collections of some of the greatest dealers (William Ockelford Oldman, George Terasaki, Lance Entwistle), artists and aesthetes (André Breton, Paul Eluard, George Sadoul) and private collectors on both sides of the Atlantic in the 20th Century. Beyond its pedigree, this mask conveys a unique sense of power and interiority. Within the limited corpus of early masks of British Columbia, this example stands at the pinnacle of Tsimshian art. Could I resist its irrepressible (shamanic) calling much longer? Obviously not. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to buy this mask back from my client / friend. Since then, I have kept it lovingly, waiting for a future exhibition where I will bring it back to light! WHAT IS YOUR NEXT PROJECT/PUBLICATION? In June, I will present a “Dogon” exhibition dedicated to the ancient arts of Mali. The opening will take place on June 6th for the Beaux-Arts Thursday (le jeudi des Beaux-Arts). Opening and cocktail reception from 5pm to 9 pm at the gallery. This exhibition will feature a rare selection of figures and masks from the Dogon and the archaic cultures that preceded them in the Bandiagara region: Tellem, Niongom or Komakan. In particular, we will exhibit an exceptional double figure from the collection of André Fourquet, a Satimbe mask published and exhibited all over the world, as well as a poetic Niongom figure from the 15th Century (probably the oldest known example in the world) combining dynamism and deep sensitivity. My next project will be devoted to New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago (Oceania). This exhibition, accompanied by a publication, will be on view at the gallery during the Parcours des Mondes from September 10 to 15, 2019. I have been preparing and dreaming (!) of this exhibition for more than ten years ... André Breton, a great admirer and collector of New Ireland art, said of a Uli figure: “Tu fais peur tu émerveilles » / You instill fear, you enthrall I think this perfectly sums up the emotions brought by the sculptures and masks of this region. I can’t wait to unveil this upcoming exhibition and book! ...
William Ockelford Oldman amid masks in Hamilton House circa 1928 Photo: Anonymous. Courtesy The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
WHAT ARE FOR YOU THE TWO OR THREE GREATEST EXHIBITIONS AND WHICH BOOKS DO YOU CHECK MOST OFTEN? For any art enthusiast in general and tribal art lover in particular, the exhibition and publication “Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1984) remains a source of permanent inspiration and wonder. I also had the great pleasure to discover, at the beginning of the year, an exhibition at the Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona entitled : “Yua, Henri Matisse and the inner Arctic Spirit”. This was probably the largest collection of ancient Eskimo masks ever exhibited. Breathtaking! I also have vivid memories of Steven Hooper’s exhibition “Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860” at the Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts in 2006. The catalog of this exhibition has followed me everywhere ever since! DOES YOUR FAMILY SHARE YOUR PASSION OR IS IT YOUR PRIVATE UNIVERSE? DID YOU TRANSMIT YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR PASSION TO SOME FRIENDS I have two children, aged 11 and 15. Since they were born, my wife and I have been offering them a work of art for each of their birthdays: a kachina doll for our daughter, and an Eskimo ivory figure for our son. They are both very attached to “their” collections that keep growing from year to year. They are actually becoming increasingly more demanding. For instance, my daughter now asks me to find her specific representations of certain Hopi spirits. And obviously, her future kachina doll must meet all the criteria in terms of age, aesthetics, rarity... Both my children have already become true collectors! DID YOU TRAVEL IN AFRICA/OCEANIA? In less than a month, I will travel to the Pacific with my family. We will be sailing in the wake of Captain Cook, one of the pioneers who helped put the arts and cultures of Oceania and elsewhere on the map. We will start with the Northwest Coast of Canada (the land of the totem poles to quote the title of a famous exhibition of the American Museum of National History in New York) before heading to the South Seas: Hawai’i, Tahiti, the Marquesas, and then finally the mythical Easter Island. Two months of discoveries, wanderings (and visits to museums!) in perspective ... CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING ELSE FOR A LIVING? I can imagine other activities, but why change? Being an art dealer has been making me so happy for almost 20 years!
At the Heard Museum, Phoenix, surrounded by Yup’ik masks « Yua, Henri Matisse and the inner Arctic Spirit », Exhibition, Arizona 2019
Entering the village of Zuni, New Mexico, USA, 2014
SALE
TAS is a group of international dealers widely acknowledge for their expertise, which since June 2011 sells tribal art through a website. TAS Membership is by invitation only and reserved exclusively to experts in their field and who participate in major tribal art events and fairs. Pieces are published and changed at the beginning of every month. The objects are presented from different angles with a full description and corresponding dealer’s contact information. In order to guarantee the quality of pieces available on the site, objects are systematically validated by a pool of experts from the best specialized companies in the field. Collectors are therefore encouraged to decide and buy with complete confidence. In addition to this, Tribal Art Society proposes a seven day full money back return scheme should the buyer not feel totally satisfied with his purchase. This website is regularly updated with press articles, interviews and news of each of its members in order to keep amateurs well-informed and further contribute to their understanding and appreciation of tribal art More on: www.tribalartsociety.com
NIONGOM FIGURE
01 Human figure Niongom culture, Pre-Dogon Mali Carved wood 15th - 16th Century (C14 dating) Height: 51 cm Provenance: Ex private collection, France Published in: Dogon Statuary, Hélène Leloup, Amez, 1994, pl. 29 Price on request
This superb and archaic anthropomorphic sculpture depicts a standing figure with the arms resting along the body. Following the natural curvature of the tree branch from which it was carved, this sculpture is redolent with poetry and sensuality. The Niongom people are thought to have been close neighbors of the Tellem before the arrival of the Dogon-Mande on the plateau of the Bandiagara cliff in the 15th Century. Only a very small number of Niongom figures were ever found, usually in abandoned altars. According to Hélène Leloup, who studied and illustrated this Niongom figure (Dogon Statuary, plate 29), this sculpture is the oldest of its type known today (carbon-14 dating: approximately 450 years of age). This figure will be part of the exhibition “Dogon, Ancient Arts of Mali” opening on June 6th, 2019 at the Galerie Flak
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
BAMBARA “TYIWARA”
02 Tyiwara headdress Bambara Mali Wood First third of 20th Century. Height : 30,5 cm Provenance : private collection, France Price : 2.200 euros
Object presented by: Nicolas Rolland M.: +33 (0)6 19 89 80 32 E.: contact@nicolasrolland.fr
This pretty little headdress represents an hyppotragus antelope perched on a pangolin. The antelope’s horns, broken long time ago, are missing. The style is typical of the Bougouni area in Mali.
PRE-DOGON SCULPTURE
03 Double sculpture with raised arms Pre-Dogon Komakan village, south of the Bandiagara cliff, Mali Carved wood Prior to the 18th Century Height: 68 cm Provenance: Ex collection Pierre Harter, Paris Ex collection Michel Gaud, Saint-Tropez Ex Sotheby’s, London, November 29th, 1993, lot 1 Ex collection André Fourquet, Paris Ex private collection, Paris Exhibited: Cannes, Musée de la Castre, La rencontre du ciel et de la terre, June – Sept. 1990 Published in : La rencontre du ciel et de la terre. Cannes, 1990, p. 11, n° 8 Art tribal d’Afrique Noire, J.B. Bacquart, London, 1998, p. 60, fig. 4 Price on request
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
This sculpture is a superb double figure emanating from the Pre-Dogon culture of Komakan (south of the Bandiagara cliff). This culture dates back to the same time period as the Tellem (see Hélène Leloup Dogon Statuary, page 154). This figure will be part of the exhibition “Dogon, Ancient Arts of Mali” opening on June 6th, 2019 at the Galerie Flak
DOGON SCULPTURE
04 Sculpture Dogon Mali Wood Height: 22 cm Price: 2.500 euros
Object presented by: Joaquin Pecci T.: +32 477 43 94 12 E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be
DOGON “TELLEM”
05 Tellem figure Dogon Mali Wood Height: 22 cm Provenance: Merton D. Simpson, New York Price on request
Object presented by: Pablo Touchaleaume M.: +33 (0)6 89 90 75 70 E.: pablo.touchaleaume@hotmail.fr
BAMBARA MASK
06 Mask “Suruku” Bambara. Mali Wood Height: 43 cm Price: SOLD
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
DOGON MASK
07 Satimbe mask Dogon Mali Carved wood, metal 19th Century Height: 98 cm Provenance: Ex collection Robert Duperrier (1917-1996), Paris Ex collection Jean-Paul Chazal, Paris Ex collection Nathalie Chaboche & Guy Porré, Brussels Exhibitions: Nantes, France: Dégé l’héritage Dogon, Chapelle de l’Oratoire, June - Sept. 1995 Taipei, Taiwan: Visions d’Afrique, National Museum of History, Dec. 2003 - Feb. 2004 New York, USA: African masks, B. Friedman & Robert Vallois Gallery, May - June 2007 Bordeaux, France: Arts d’Afrique. Voir l’Invisible, Musée d’Aquitaine, March-August 2011 Published in: Dege l’héritage dogon, Hélène Leloup, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1995:59 #96 Arts d’Afrique. Voir l’Invisible, Musée d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Hazan, 2011:46 cat.13 Price on request
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
Among the awa, the Dogon society of the masks, the satimbe (meaning “the sister of the masks”) commemorates a primordial female ancestor. According to a Dogon myth, this female ancestor taught men how to dance with masks in order to channel the nyama, the vital force present in every living being. The formal boldness in the stylization of forms and the architectural construction of the figure with raised arms are particularly noteworthy. The exaltation of feminity is evident in the sculptural quality of this archaic and refined mask. This mask will be part of the exhibition “Dogon, Ancient Arts of Mali” opening on June 6th, 2019 at the Galerie Flak
N’DULERI DOGON
08 Kneeling figure N’Duleri (Dogon) Mali Carved wood 19th Century or earlier Height: 26 cm Provenance: Ex collection Maurice Nicaud, Paris, 1950s Ex collection Aaron and Joyce Furman, New York, acquired in 1961 Ex private collection, USA Ex collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels Price on request
Object presented by: Pablo Touchaleaume M.: +33 (0)6 89 90 75 70 E.: pablo.touchaleaume@hotmail.fr
The most elegant and refined Dogon style originated in the center and to the north of the Bandiagara Plateau in the region of the Ndule River, or n’duleri [ri = country of]. The N’duleri style is closely linked with the art of the ancient Djenne empire (Djennenke / Soninke). Hélène Leloup notes in “Dogon Statuary” Ed. Amez 1994 that this style, which seems to have reached its peak in the 18th Century, is “a condensation of the classical art of the north realism and force - with a suppleness, an elegance, not found elsewhere, completely opposed to the [Dogon] sculpture on the southern cliff, which is very constructed, cubist, abstract.” This figure will be part of the exhibition “Dogon, Ancient Arts of Mali” opening on June 6th, 2019 at the Galerie Flak
DOGON FIGURE
09 Figure with raised arms Dogon Mali Carved wood 19th Century or earlier Height: 17 cm Provenance: Ex collection Tao Kerefoff, Paris Price: 2.500 euros
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
DOGON ORNAMENT
10 Ornament / “sun” pendant Dogon Mali Bronze (lost wax cast) 19th Century Diameter: 7.5 cm Prices: 500 euros
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
DOGON MASKS
11 Gomintogo Mask Dogon Mali Carved wood and pigments Early 20th Century Height: 41 cm Provenance: Ex collection Gili, Barcelona Ex collection David Serra, Barcelona Ex private collection, Paris Price: 7.500 euros
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
This classical Dogon mask called Gomintogo combines refined carving and power of evocation. Gomintogo is a mythical antelope. Marcel Griaule (Mission Dakar Djibouti) stated in the 1930s that gomintogo was possibly the first mask carved by the Dogon. According to a myth collected by Griaule, a cervid once devastated a farmer’s fields and ate all the crop. The farmer eventually captured the animal. The soothsayers then instructed the farmer to carve a mask in the image of the animal to protect his fields from future attacks of the animal spirit (nyama).
DOGON DOG
12 Dog figure Dogon Mali Carved wood 19th Century or earlier Length: 21.5 cm Provenance: Ex collection Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels Price: 4.500 euros As stated by the Smithsonian Institue of Art, while the identity of this type of Dogon figure varies among scholars, particularly in pre-1973 literature, the figure likely depicts a dog. According to oral history, when the Dogon arrived at the Bandiagara cliffs, they encountered the Tellem who concealed the location of the wells and water holes. A dog returning to camp with wet paws saved the Dogon, allowing them to defeat the Tellem. The deep, fine-aged patina and encrusted surface suggest this figure was used on a shrine and received ritual libations.
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
SENUFO STAFF
13 Staff Senufo Mali Wood Height: 50 cm Provenance: Old European collection Price : 2.200 euros
Object presented by: Joaquin Pecci T.: +32 477 43 94 12 E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be
LOBI STAFF
14 divination staff Lobi Burkina-Faso Wood Height: 30,5 cm Price: 1.400 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
LOBI SCULPTURE
15 Male figure, bateba Phuwe Lobi Burkina Faso Wood Early 20th Century or before Heigth: 20 cm Published in: Scanzi, Giovanni F. L’art traditionnel Lobi. Bergamo: Ed. Milanos, 1993, p. 400, nº 358. Price: 800 euros
Object presented by: David Serra T.: +34 (0) 667525597 E.: galeria@davidserra.es
KOULANGO PENDANT
16 Pendant Koulango Burkina Faso Copper alloy Height : 5,1 cm Provenance : private collection, France Price : SOLD
Object presented by: Nicolas Rolland M.: +33 (0)6 19 89 80 32 E.: contact@nicolasrolland.fr
This beautiful pendant is characteristic of the work of the famous Lorhon casters, a craftmen group specialized in copper alloy cast that settled in the Senufo and Kulango tribes during the 18th century. Wilfried Glar and Klaus-Jochen KrĂźger consider that the production of this type of amulets stopped at the end of the second third of the 19th century. Our specimen is a particularly rare and accomplished example.
MOSSI WHISTLE
17 Whistle Mossi Burkina Faso wood Height: 31 cm Provenance: Old German collection Price: 1.400 euros
Object presented by: Joaquin Pecci T.: +32 477 43 94 12 E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be
DAN MASK
18 Mask Dan Diomande Ivory Coast Wood, iron nails and patina of use Height : 25 cm Provenance: Private collection, France Price: 8.900 euros
Object presented by: Eric Hertault M.: +33 6 15 38 64 81 E.: hertault.eric@gmail.com
DAN SPOON
19 Spoon Dan Ivory Coast Wood Price on request
Object presented by: Pablo Touchaleaume M.: +33 (0)6 89 90 75 70 E.: pablo.touchaleaume@hotmail.fr
“KPELIE” MASK
20 Kpelie Mask Senufo Ivory coast wood, mineral pigments and patina of use Height: 34,5 cm Provenance: Pierre Vérité collection Claude Vérité collection Private collection, Paris Price: 3.800 euros Object presented by: Eric Hertault M.: +33 6 15 38 64 81 E.: hertault.eric@gmail.com
YAOURE SPOON
21 Spoon Yaoure Ivory coast Wood and patina of use Height: 1ç cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris Marceau Rivière, Paris Private collection, Paris Price on request
Object presented by: Eric Hertault M.: +33 6 15 38 64 81 E.: hertault.eric@gmail.com
KOULANGO COMB
22 Comb Koulango Ivory Cost Wood Height: 22,5 cm Price: 1.800 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
bAULE PULLEY
23 Heddle pulley Baule Ivory Coast Wood Height : 18 cm Provenance : private collection, France Price : 1.400 euros
Object presented by: Nicolas Rolland M.: +33 (0)6 19 89 80 32 E.: contact@nicolasrolland.fr
This heddle pulley, carved from a hard wood, is decorated with a beautifull face adopting the naturalistic and harmonious features typical of Baule art. The right leg of the pulley was broken long time ago and fixed with a nail.
BAULE FIGURE
24 Blolo bla figure Baule Ivory Coast Wood First third of 20th Century Height : 33 cm Provenance : private collection, France Price : 3.500 euros
Object presented by: Nicolas Rolland M.: +33 (0)6 19 89 80 32 E.: contact@nicolasrolland.fr
This figure of a spouse from the afterlife (blolo bla) distinguishes itself by an original style and a refined carving. The hairstyle and the scarifications are especially detailed. The superb patina, both shiny and crusty, demonstrates the multiple manipulations and unctions done over time on the sculpture
SENUFO DOOR
25 Door Senufo Ivory Coast Height: 146 cm Provenance: Former French collection Price: 7.500 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 1 46 33 06 24 E.: contact@lucasratton.com
BAMOUN STOOL
26 Stool Bamoun Cameroon Wood Height: 25,5 cm Provenance: Former French collection Published in :Animals, Lucas Ratton Gallery, 2015, p. 104-105, Price: 9.000 euros
Object presented by: Lucas Ratton M.: +33 1 46 33 06 24 E.: contact@lucasratton.com
SONGYE FIGURE
27 Figure Songye D.R. of Congo Wood, Nails Height: 14 cm Provenance: Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel Swiss Private collection Price on request On view at the Bourgogne Tribal Show from May 30 to June 2nd.
Object presented by: Patrik, Katrin et Theodor Frรถhlich T.: + 41 44 242 89 00 E.: patrikfroehlich@swissonline.ch
TELE HEAD
28 Head Tele D.R. of Congo Wood Height: 14 cm Price on request
Object presented by: Pablo Touchaleaume M.: +33 (0)6 89 90 75 70 E.: pablo.touchaleaume@hotmail.fr
DOLPO SCULPTURE
29 Sculpture Dolpo Nepal Wood Height: 24 cm Provenance: Bought it in Nepal in the early s 90 Price: 750 euros
Object presented by: Joaquin Pecci T.: +32 477 43 94 12 E.: joaquin.pecci@skynet.be
LUBA FETISH
30 Fetish figure Luba D.R. of Congo Wood, partially sweating patina Height : 22 cm Provenance: Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel Swiss Private collection Price on request On view at the Bourgogne Tribal Show from May 30 to June 2nd.
Object presented by: Patrik, Katrin et Theodor Frรถhlich T.: + 41 44 242 89 00 E.: patrikfroehlich@swissonline.ch
CHOKWE COMB
31 Comb Chokwe Angola Wood Early 20th Century Heigth: 15 cm Provenance: Old Collection Teniente Antonio Metello, Portugal. (1920-1930) Price: 800 euros
Object presented by: David Serra T.: +34 (0) 667525597 E.: galeria@davidserra.es
ASMAT FIGURE
32 Ancestor figure Asmat Irian Jaya, New Guinea 20th Century. Natural brown-red wood. with traces of white Height: 237 cm Provenance: Old private collection, Holland Price: 12.000 euros
Object presented by: Laurent Dodier M.: + 33 6 08 22 68 15 E.: laurentdodier@wanadoo.fr
Sculpture representing two ancestors resting on a tenon. A first figure, standing with his arms open along the body and adorned with a human head in front of the navel, carries a second ancestor sitting on his shoulders, hands clasped above the head of the first.
INDONESIAN KRISS
33 Java Deman, Kriss Handle Sumatra, Indonesia Marine Ivory 19th Century or earlier Height: 9 cm Price: on request
Object presented by: CĂŠdric Le Dauphin M.: +33 6 07 82 95 08 E.: c.ledauphin@gmail.com
Precious Kriss handle in marine ivory. Rare handle model of Kriss, the Indonesian dagger, called Java Deman. This very beautiful handle, carved in the classical form of the bird-faced god Garuda, Vishnu’s vehicle, is engraved very deeply and very meticulously in this noble material intended for a noble of the palembang palace court in South Sumatra.
NEPALESE MASK
34 Primitive mask West Nepal Wood, resin, hair & clay Height : 28 cm Price on request
Object presented by: Frédéric Rond M.: +33 (0)142775848 E.: indian.heritage@yahoo.fr
NEPALESE MASK
35 Primitive mask, Middle Hills of Nepal Wood, soot patina Height : 27 cm Published in Masques Himalayens (Indian Heritage) p. 87. Price on request
Object presented by: Frédéric Rond M.: +33 (0)142775848 E.: indian.heritage@yahoo.fr
NEPALESE GUARDIAN
36 Guardian figure West Nepal Wood and clay Height : 42 cm Price on request
Object presented by: Frédéric Rond M.: +33 (0)142775848 E.: indian.heritage@yahoo.fr
HIMACHAL MASK
37 Fagli festival mask, Himachal Pradesh (India) Wood and polychrome Height : 28 cm published in Masks of Himachal (Indian Heritage) p.70 Price on request
Object presented by: Frédéric Rond M.: +33 (0)142775848 E.: indian.heritage@yahoo.fr
THAILAND RING
38 Ring South Thailand, South East Asia Gold Crystal Boron Silicate also called Tourmaline. 18th Century or earlier 9g / Size US9/ Ø 18.45mm N°19.5 Price on request
Object presented by: Cédric Le Dauphin M.: +33 6 07 82 95 08 E.: c.ledauphin@gmail.com
An ovoid shaped Tourmaline cabochon of light green color, mounted in a pure gold box settings, surrounded by a twisted cord and a ring of granulations. The chiseled work on the shoulders shows tigers, one on both sides spreading their front legs like holding the table.
PAIWAN SWORD
39 tjakit ceremonial sword Paiwan peoples Taiwan painted wood and enhanced by a fine bronze work. 19th Century Price on request
Object presented by: Ondine & Patrick Mestdagh M.: +32 475 467 315 E.: pm@patrickmestdagh.com
MADAGASCAR PADDLE
40 Paddle of conjuration Sihanaka Madagascar (Ambatondrazaka region, north of Alaotra lake). Wood, beautiful brown patina, little wear to one ear. Price on request
Object presented by: Ondine & Patrick Mestdagh M.: +32 475 467 315 E.: pm@patrickmestdagh.com
SOLOMON CLUB
41 Wari hau ceremonial club Malaita Solomon Islands Wood, stone fiber, mother-of-pearl Length: 39 cm Provenance: Donnelly - Sotheby’s London, March 20, 1980, lot 55 - Christie’s Amsterdam December 4, 2008 Price on request
Object presented by: Ondine & Patrick Mestdagh M.: +32 475 467 315 E.: pm@patrickmestdagh.com
Wari hau, the ovoid stone head retained and covered by vegetable fibers, the lower part of the neck encrusted with mother-ofpearl fragments (some missing), pierced several times for attachment, mother-of-pearl inlaid in the upper part, remains of an old label. Beautiful dark and shiny patina.
SEPIK FIGURE
42 Spirit figure Lower Sepik Papua New Guinea Carved wood Early 20th Century, possibly earlier Height: 21 cm Provenance: Ex collection Haus der Völkerkunde und Kulturen, Sankt Augustin Inventory number: 71-3-16 Ex private collection, Paris Price on request
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
The strikingly dynamic figure presented here is emblematic of the cultures of the mouth of the Sepik. This incarnation of a mythological spirit associated with the clan played a preponderant role in the process of initiation of young men and at other events marking different stages in their lives (war, rituals, social events, etc.). Guarantors of the clan’s well-being, these figures were kept in the Men’s House. A place for sharing and discussion, the Men’s House constituted the very heart of the ceremonial life in the villages of the Lower Sepik. We can compare this sculpture with several related examples collected on behalf of German museums at the beginning of the 20th Century (see “Kunst Vom Sepik“, Heinz Kelm, Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, 1966). Firmly planted on his two legs, this long-nosed figure seems to scrutinize us with his magnetic gaze.
TIMOR SWORD
43 Sword Timor Wood.Horn.Metal 19th Century Height: 78 cm Price: 2.200 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
SAWOS MASK
44 Mask Sawos Middle Sepik, PNG Rattan, natural pigments Height : 22 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection, acquired in 1958 in Amsterdam Price: SOLD
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Object presented by: Patrik, Katrin et Theodor Frรถhlich T.: + 41 44 242 89 00 E.: patrikfroehlich@swissonline.ch
SEPIK HEADREST
45 Headrest Murik lakes Sépik River., Papua New Guinea. Early 20th Century. Wood, bamboo and fiber Length: 50 cm Provenance: Formerly in a private collection in San Francisco Published in : « Océanie, les esprits vagabonds » Galerie Dodier XII° parcours des Mondes 2013 Price: 2.800 euros
Object presented by: Laurent Dodier M.: + 33 6 08 22 68 15 E.: laurentdodier@wanadoo.fr
The top of the headrest’s wooden platform is sculpted with human and small animal heads on both ends. The bent bamboo supports are secured to it with fiber lashings.
TOTONAC HEAD
46 Head Totonac civilization Vera Cruz, Mexico 600-900 AD Terracota Diam.: 20 cm Provenance: Olivier Le Corneur collection, Paris Exhibited in: « Collecteurs d’âmes » musée de Beaux-Arts, 6 dic. 2006 / 4 march 2007 Price: 6.000 euros Object presented by: Laurent Dodier M.: + 33 6 08 22 68 15 E.: laurentdodier@wanadoo.fr
Fragment of a large sculpture depicting a human head wearing an important hairstyle. Two large circular buckles adorn the ears. The eyes are covered with a shiny black coating, the coaltar..
“KACHINA� DOLL
47 Kowako Katsina Rooster Kachina doll Hopi, Arizona Carved cottonwood root, pigments Early 20th Century Height: 33.5 cm Price on request This doll will be on view at the Bourgogne Tribal Show from May 30th to June 2nd
Object presented by: Julien Flak M.: +33 6 84 52 81 36 E.: contact@galerieflak.com
CHOCO STICK
48 Shamanic stick Choco Colombia Wood Height: 78 cm Price: SOLD
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr
GUYANA CLUB
49 Macana club Guyana Wood.Cotton Height: 24 cm Price: 1.800 euros
Object presented by: Renaud Vanuxem M.: +33 6 07 11 50 60 E.: rvanuxem@yahoo.fr