Project Description

SCULPTURES

Eighty ritual vessels from the primitive people of Africa, America and the Pacific, baskets, boxes, bowls, cup bearers selected by its superb quality and its common ritual function.

Feast bowl

Admiralty Islands, Melanesia
L. 40 cm
XIX C

Ex. Private collection, Paris
Ex. Col. Philippe Guimiot, Brussels

Feathered bowl basket

Pomo, California
W. 12 cm H. 4,5 cm
XIX C

Ex. Col. George Terasaki, USA

Janus palm wine cup

Suku, Democratic Republic of Congo
H. 10 cm
XIX C

Ex. Col. Charles J.O. Sohier, Belgium
Published in:
“Réceptacles”, Musée Dapper, Paris, 1997