Null Collection of masks, thirteen pieces.

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Collection of masks, thirteen pieces.

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Estim. 900 - 1 500 EUR

A CARVED WOOD DANCE MASK ''HUDOQ'' Indonesia, Borneo Kalimantan East, Kajan or Bahau-Dayak, early 20th c. H. 36 / 48 cm Masks of this type, called hudo or hudoq, are typical of the traditional Dayak cultures of Borneo. They are used at the Dayak gawaii (festivals), an agricultural festival that takes place every year in September and October. This high-quality hudoq mask represents a dragon-rhinoceros bird spirit. It is made of low-density wood and the ears are inserted with wooden dowels. Earrings made of brass rings are attached to the ear holes. On her head she wears a woven basket into which feathers of the hornbill, Argus pheasant and peacock are inserted, which corresponds to the feather jewellery of the traditional warrior and headhunter. The setting is finished with white, red and black pigments. The eyes are made from engraved brass shells. As with the mirror glass eyes found on other hodoq masks, the originally highly polished and therefore reflective brass is used to ward off evil spirits who turn away at the sight of their own face. According to traditional belief, hudoq ("faces") primarily personify thirteen vermins known by name that destroy the harvest, including rats, lions and crows, for each of which there are masks. The masked dancers enter the villages as personified spirits to protect the harvest through the magical dance. Masks representing the "pests" first appear during the festival. The dance reaches its climax with the appearance of two aso (dragon) and hornbill hudoq, the protective spirits of the villages, who hunt the pests as warriors. Pig masks, for example, symbolise the "negative" animals that can eat or destroy the harvest. The mask dance moves from village to village during the festival. During the festival, the manang, shamans, invoke the gods of Apulagan, the Otherworld, to ensure a rich harvest and good luck. Wood, rattan, pigments, feathers, soft metal From an old German private collection, assembled since the 1950s - Minor traces of age, partly slightly chipped Lit.: Ave, J.B. / King, V. (1986): People of the Weeping Forest. Tradition and Change in Borneo. Leiden. - Hein, A.R. (1895): Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Ornamentes bei den Dayaks. Wien. - Heppell, M. (2005): Iban Art. Sexual Selection and Severed Heads. Amsterdam. - Hoskins, J. (1996): Headhunting and the Social Imagination in Southeast Asia. Stanford University Press.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Robert LEFEVRE.1755-1830.

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