Pájaro Sakalava - Figure - Sakalava - Madagascar
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Description from the seller
Gallery Raquel Montagut
Member affiliate of the Union Française des Experts
Piece:
FIGURE
Ethnicity:
SAKALAVA
Country:
MADAGASCAR
Materials:
WOOD (camphor)
Dimensions:
HEIGHT: 61 cm
Documentation certified by:
RAQUEL MONTAGUT
Description
The sculpture from MADAGASCAR is characterized exclusively by the funerary devotion of its productions. The base of Malagasy social organization was founded on the worship of ancestors.
Funerals were highly notable for the numerous cattle sacrifices and for their very costly festivities.
The island has been divided into several kingdoms, and its kings had vast tombs built under the shadows and thickness of the jungle, always surrounded by a wooden fence, topped with sculptures: embracing couples, men, women, birds and posts.
The meaning of these figurative sculptures that populate the cemeteries is the worship of ancestors and fertility.
This bird embodies not only amorous ardor, but also the passage or contact with the beyond.
These old sculptures degraded and corroded by the harshness of time and the years are the last testimonies of the art of a culture doomed inexorably to disappear.
Era: According to references about the provenance of this work, we can date it to the years 1850/1900.
The data noted are guaranteed as relating to the described piece. For the record, this CERTIFICATE is issued in Barcelona, on October 17, 2008.
Raquel Montagut
Expert in Primitive Art
Member of the Union Française des Experts
Gallery Raquel Montagut
Member affiliate of the Union Française des Experts
Piece:
FIGURE
Ethnicity:
SAKALAVA
Country:
MADAGASCAR
Materials:
WOOD (camphor)
Dimensions:
HEIGHT: 61 cm
Documentation certified by:
RAQUEL MONTAGUT
Description
The sculpture from MADAGASCAR is characterized exclusively by the funerary devotion of its productions. The base of Malagasy social organization was founded on the worship of ancestors.
Funerals were highly notable for the numerous cattle sacrifices and for their very costly festivities.
The island has been divided into several kingdoms, and its kings had vast tombs built under the shadows and thickness of the jungle, always surrounded by a wooden fence, topped with sculptures: embracing couples, men, women, birds and posts.
The meaning of these figurative sculptures that populate the cemeteries is the worship of ancestors and fertility.
This bird embodies not only amorous ardor, but also the passage or contact with the beyond.
These old sculptures degraded and corroded by the harshness of time and the years are the last testimonies of the art of a culture doomed inexorably to disappear.
Era: According to references about the provenance of this work, we can date it to the years 1850/1900.
The data noted are guaranteed as relating to the described piece. For the record, this CERTIFICATE is issued in Barcelona, on October 17, 2008.
Raquel Montagut
Expert in Primitive Art
Member of the Union Française des Experts
Details
Era
1400-1900
Weight
5 kg
Wood type
camphor
Number of objects
1
Title
Pájaro Sakalava
Country of origin
Madagascar
Material
Wood
Ethnic group/culture
Sakalava
Sold with stand
Yes
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
67 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
20 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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