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Lot Essay
Les statues malangan présentant des formes humaines disposées verticalement, à l’instar de notre oeuvre, sont rares et généralement conservées uniquement dans des collections publiques. Des pièces comparables se trouvent notamment au Museum für Völkerkunde de Dresde (inv. n° 30756) et au Linden-Museum Stuttgart (inv. n° 13607), comme le documente Michael Gunn dans New Ireland. Art of the South Pacific (Milan, 2006, pp. 84-85).
Cette statue se distingue par un détail singulier et rarement observé : la tête de la figure supérieure est amovible, reprenant la construction des figures tagapa malangan à caractère de marionnette originaires du nord de la Nouvelle-Irlande.
Malagan figures featuring vertically arranged human forms, like the present example, are rare and typically found only in public collections. Comparable pieces are held by institutions such as the Museum für Völkerkunde in Dresden (inv. no. 30756) and the Linden-Museum Stuttgart (inv. no. 13607), as documented by Michael Gunn in New Ireland. Art of the South Pacific (Milan, 2006, pp. 84-85).
This particular figure stands out for a distinctive and seldom-seen feature: the upper figure has a removable head, echoing the construction of tagapa malagan puppet figures from Northern New Ireland.
Cette statue se distingue par un détail singulier et rarement observé : la tête de la figure supérieure est amovible, reprenant la construction des figures tagapa malangan à caractère de marionnette originaires du nord de la Nouvelle-Irlande.
Malagan figures featuring vertically arranged human forms, like the present example, are rare and typically found only in public collections. Comparable pieces are held by institutions such as the Museum für Völkerkunde in Dresden (inv. no. 30756) and the Linden-Museum Stuttgart (inv. no. 13607), as documented by Michael Gunn in New Ireland. Art of the South Pacific (Milan, 2006, pp. 84-85).
This particular figure stands out for a distinctive and seldom-seen feature: the upper figure has a removable head, echoing the construction of tagapa malagan puppet figures from Northern New Ireland.