GEMS

Arte y Ritual presented in Paris within the context of the Parcours des Mondes, 82 monumental miniatures or Gems from Africa, America, South East Asia and Oceania underlining the importance of the artistic quality versus the size of the sculpture and analyzing the particular relationship created between the artist and the object or the collector and the work of art.

CHIEF’S COMB

Tlinglit or Kaigani Haida. North West Coast of America.
Wood, H. 29 cm
Ca 1850 -1880

Publications:
“Transfigurations”, Steven Clay Brown, Seattle, 2006.
“Gems. Monumental Miniatures” Ana and Antonio Casanovas, Madrid, 2009.

PENDANT

Luba, Zaire or Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivory, H 7 cm
XIX C.

Ex.col. Anne and Jacques Kerchache, Paris

Publications :
« L’Art Africain », Jacques Kerchache et alii, Paris, 1988, contents pt 3

ANCESTOR FIGURE

Ataoro, Indonesia
Wood and fibre, H. 24 cm
XIX C.

Ex. col. Irwin Hersey, New York.

Publications:
“Indonesian Primitive Art”, Irwin Hersey, 1991

VOTIVE FIGURE

Dong Son civilisation, South East Asia
Bronze, H. 10 cm
600 BC – 100 AD

FIGURE

Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Wood, H. 25,5 cm
XIX C.

Ex. col. Sanct Augustin Mission