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KANAK FRAME, THALE, NEW CALEDONIA H. 128 cm Provenance : - Father Patrick O'Reilly - Loiseau-Schmitz-Digard, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, March 8, 1998, lot 152 - Private collection Perpetuating the memory of the ancestor in order to preserve his protection, the thale (or jovo) wood panels carved by the Kanak people to frame the entrance door of the Grande Case represent the ancestral figure wrapped in his tapa shroud. A worthy witness to this corpus, particularly representative of Kanak art, the doorframe shown above has a diamond motif in its lower part, over which hangs a stylized face. Occupying the entire width of the curved board, the face with its swollen cheeks, broad arrowhead nose and thin mouth is characteristic of the Kanak style. In a singular manner, the eyes are evoked by two rounded protuberances.
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KANAK FRAME, THALE, NEW CALEDONIA H. 128 cm Provenance : - Father Patrick O'Reilly - Loiseau-Schmitz-Digard, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, March 8, 1998, lot 152 - Private collection Perpetuating the memory of the ancestor in order to preserve his protection, the thale (or jovo) wood panels carved by the Kanak people to frame the entrance door of the Grande Case represent the ancestral figure wrapped in his tapa shroud. A worthy witness to this corpus, particularly representative of Kanak art, the doorframe shown above has a diamond motif in its lower part, over which hangs a stylized face. Occupying the entire width of the curved board, the face with its swollen cheeks, broad arrowhead nose and thin mouth is characteristic of the Kanak style. In a singular manner, the eyes are evoked by two rounded protuberances.
