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| Lot# & Name: |
416. Marind Anima Panel |
| Estimate: |
$700-$1,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$150.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$150.00 |
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| Category: |
Ethnographic and Tribal Art
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| Sub Category: |
Oceania (South Seas and New Guinea)
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| Culture or Country: |
South Coast of West Papua, Irian Jaya Indonesia.
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| Period: |
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| Size: |
27”H. x 10-1/2”W. |
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| Description: |
Rare carved wood body panel from a dance costume with openwork design and symmetrical coil motifs along sides. Surface encrusted with red abrus seeds and white Job’s tears seeds adhered with resin. Applied feathers rise from the top. Some shells lost, others loose, feathers tattered. Custom base.
Rituals were carried out with dramatic costumes and drums, reenacting cosmological stories about primeval beings (plants, animals, people) known as “demas”. Dema costumes had attributes to identify the being – the feathers on this panel represented a stork, and demas would also act as totems for different clans – some of which included coconut, wallaby, sago, and betel nut, and crocodile. The stork (Ndik-end) clan dancers wore an abstract bird shaped panel on their heads with a protruding wooden neck and beak. This panel would have been suspended on the chest of the dancer. Objects from the Marind tribe are very rare. |
| Provenance: |
Private FL. collection, acquired from Artemis auction, 2023; ex. private Hawaii collection, collected 2000-2010. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$65.00 |
| International: |
$145.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Marind Anima Panel
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BIDDER |
BID |
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Original Bid Time |
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med |
$150.00 |
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12/3/2025 10:41:26 PM |
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TribalEthnicArt |
$80.00 |
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12/3/2025 3:06:50 AM |
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