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    Tribal Masterworks

    from Americaand Beyond

    Tribal Masterworks

    from Americaand Beyond

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    Brant Mackley Gallery Exhibit

    for 

     The Philadelphia Antiques Show

    2008

    Above:Iroquois Bead Decorated Pouch

    New York

    Cloth, glass beads, threadCA. 1820–1840

    Tribal Masterworks from

    America and Beyond

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    The Philadelphia Antiques Show

    April 12–15th, 2008

    The Navy Yard

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    USA

    www.philaantiques.com

    The Navy Yard, Philadelphia Cruise Terminal at Pier One, 5100 South Broad Street

    BRANT MACKLEY GALLERY

    1017 Mount Alem Drive

    Hummelstown, PA 17036

    Office: 717-566-0780

    Cellular: 717-554-2176

    mail to: [email protected]

    Please visit the website at:

    www.BrantMackley.com

    COPYRIGHT 2008 BRANT MACKLEY GALLERY, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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    Acknowledgements:

    I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to the dealer selection committee and

     Josh Wainwright for the invitation to exhibit at The Philadelphia Antiques Show.

    For his continued counsel and encouragement, I would like to thank David

    Wheatcroft. Appreciation is extended to Steve Powers for his friendship, scholarlydialog in the field of Woodland sculpture, and his contributions to this publication.

    Special thanks to Casey Conway and Michael Evans, both friends can always

    provide a laugh when the need exists. My humblest appreciation is extended to

     Jeanne Collins-Shayter, graphic artist premier. Without her last minute efforts

    this catalog would not have been realized.

    Lastly, my family, to my mother and father, the ones who molded my appreciation

    for tribal art, which ultimately became more than a career but rather my lifelong

    avocation. To my wife Christine for her undetermined belief in me through all the

    hurdles and obstacles I provide. Without your support, patience and understanding

    I would not be the person I am today. And to my children Jasmine & Holden; their

    youthful innocence and naïve interest in tribal arts are a daily inspiration; may

    your curiosity never cease!

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    Introduction:

    It is with great pride that I am able to offer the following objects for exhibit at The Philadelphia

     Antiques Show. As a youngster growing up in the antiques trade, The Show was the premier

    event of the year to attend. My annual pilgrimage continued as a Temple University college

    student; I still remember my excitement of the subway ride to the old 33rd Street Armory.

    At that time Morning Star Gallery and Will Channing’s American Indian art offerings were the

    highlights of my visit. It will be marvelous to once again have World native arts fully

    represented at the event’s new location.

    Objects have been selected from a variety of North American native cultures. Assembled are

    exceptional examples of Woodland, Great Lakes, Plains, Eskimo, Northwest Coast, and finally

    Southwestern art forms. Different mediums are explored with an emphasis on sculptural works

    and pictorial Plains Indian drawings & beadwork.

    Sculpture is the highpoint of the African and Oceanic offerings. The strength, confidence, drama,

    and ultimate beauty of these works are beyond imagination when one considers the primitive

    conditions of existence for these cultures. The products of their industry is a testament tohumankind and our ability to adapt to any world environs and still create functional objects

    that in the end are great masterworks of art.

    Fitting to The Philadelphia Antiques Show’s maritime themed gallery exhibit I am offering three

    tribally made objects that ultimately were owned by 18th–19th century American-British seafarers.

    The incised carved powder horn, scrimshaw whale’s tooth and wood effigy carved ball head club

    (illustrated within) are exceptional examples of native produced objects acquired and further

    crafted by their Euro-American owners in the period. The three pieces wonderfully dance

    between the worlds of traditional tribal art and American folk art.

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     MEN’S WARSHIRT

    Blackfoot, Flathead or Nez Perce

    Montana, Oregon or Idaho

    Ca. 1870–1880’s

    Native tanned hide, glass trade beads, ermine tails, trade cloth, thread

    Size: 55" x 28" 

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     Provenance:

    Field collected by Major Lee Moorhouse (Thomas Leander

    Moorhouse), of Pendleton, Oregon. Moorhouse was a noted

    photographer of Native American Indians and served as the

    Umatilla Reservation Indian Agent. The shirt is seen in

    several images Moorhouse made of his collection of Native

    objects; these photos are now housed in the archives of the

    University of Oregon. Somehow the ownership of the shirt

    was passed to Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt is best known for

    founding the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879

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    (Carlisle, Pennsylvania). Pratt served as an officer during the

    US Civil War; after the war Pratt was assigned to the American

    frontier during the Indian Wars conflict period. He went on to

    become a commander of the Indian prison at Fort Marion, in

    St. Augustine, Florida. His final assignment was the creation of 

    the controversial Carlisle Indian School. The shirt may have

    been given or sold by Moorhouse to Pratt who definitely would

    have been in correspondence as the result of Indian

    children from Umatilla being sent to the Carlisle School.

    The shirt descended through the Pratt family.

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    POTTERY OLLA

    Hopi (Polacca period)

    Arizona

    Clay, mineral slip and glaze

    CA. fourth quarter 19th century

     Height: 5½ " Diameter: 5" 

    Attributed to master artisan Fannie Nampeyo.

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    9Siberian Eskimo pipes have animated lines thatcreate the visual scene of speed; a modern equivalent

    would be the Porsche 911 GT3! To produce such an

    accomplished object of wood and metal in the

    extreme harsh, stark conditions of the artic

    is an amazing feat.

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    SMOKING PIPE

    Bering Sea Eskimo, Chukchi

    Siberia, Russia

    Wood, lead, marine ivory, babiche

    Ca. 19th century

     Length: 13½ " 

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    LARGE FOOD/GRAIN STORAGE OLLA

    Zia PuebloNew Mexico

    Ca. first quarter 20th century

    Clay, mineral slip and glaze

    Attributed to Rosalia Medina Toribio who was a noted

    maker of large food storage vessels amongst the Zia.

     Ref. Harlow & Lanmon

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    Provenance:

    George Tersaki, New YorkAlexander Acevado, New York

    Masco Collection, Michigan

    These porcupine quill decorated mittens are similar to examples

    collected by Nathan Sturges Jarvis at Fort Snelling between

    1823-1836. Ref. Feder I have never seen such fine small quills

    used on another Native American object; this maker had

    the confidence of a master artisan.

    QUILL DECORATED HIDE MITTENS

    Red River Metis or Chippewa

    Ca. 1820–1840

    Native tanned hide, porcupine quills, wool fabric, sinew, thread

    Circa: 1820–1850

     Length: 9¾ " 

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     NORTHWEST COAST

    D-ADZ HANDLE

    Washington, British Colombia

    or Alaska

    Whalebone, black pigment paint

    Ca. 19

    th

    century Height: 7 ¾ " 

    Provenance:

    Found in attic of New York estate

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    FALSE FACE MASK

    Iroquois

    Wood, paint, tin, cloth,

    horsetail

    Circa 1800–1850

     Height: 10¼ "

    Provenance:

    Field collected in the 19th century

    by Chauncey W. Crandall, New York

    Private Natural History Museum, New York

    Richard Rockford, New York

    A very early example of the form; accordingto George Hammel of the New York StateMuseum “My impression is (date) second quarter of the

    19th century, possibly a quarter century earlier. The maskreminds me of the Faces collected by Lewis H. Morgan in themiddle of the 19th century.” The mask retains period hair (notshown) and suspension cords; these accoutrements are normallymissing from 19th century masks. Interestingly the artist retainedcarving marks on the lower lip, in a dance this treatment creates afaceted shimmering effect in the light. One of the masks Morgancollected displays this same feature and is likely by the same maker Ref. Fenton

    PHOTO CREDIT: BOB SKALKOWSKI

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    HEDDLE WOVEN GARTER WITH HUMAN IMAGERY

    Chippewa or other Great Lakes culture

    Ca. 1820–1840

    Wood thread, glass trade pony beads

     Length: approx. 33" (with fringe) , bead panel 10" x 2⅝ "

    B R A N T M A C K L E Y G A L L E R Y

    Provenance:Alan Silberberg, Massachusetts

    Similar examples are now housed at The Detroit Institute of Arts from the Chandler-Pohrt

    Collection.  Ref. Penney The seven human figures created with pony beads and wool

    trade yarn harken to an earlier time when similar imagery would seen in the shell bead

    wampum belts of the 18th century.

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     MOOSE HAIR EMBROIDERY POUCH ON BLACK DYED BUCKSKIN

    Huron

    Canada

    Ca. 1820–1840

    Black dyed native tanned hide, dyed moosehair, silk ribbon, thread

     Length: 100" Width: 90" 

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    Provenance:

     John & Valerie Arieta, EnglandWilliam Guthman, Connecticut

    An amazing pouch created from the recycled cuffs of a pair

    of Huron moccasins. Pouches crafted from reused parts are

    common amongst Plains Indian collections but to my

    knowledge this is the only Woodlands Indian example known.

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    HUMAN EFFIGY PIPEGreat Lakes Region

    Maple wood with lead inlays

    18th–early 19th century

     Length: 4⅜ " 

    Provenance:

    Terrance Kelley, England

    Taylor Dale, New Mexico

    Will Channing, New Mexico

    Wellington Collection, New York

    Trotta-Bono, New York

    Acquisition, Inc., New Jersey

    Fuller Collection, Ohio

    This pipe is a true masterwork, exceeding all

    expectations in form, patina, and age. A classic

    Woodland’s effigy face with a dramatic strength;

    we rarely see this object form executed in wood.

    Likely more wooden pipes were created in the

    period but did not survive the trials of time

    hence the existence of mostly stone

    effigy pipes today. The powerfully

    rendered presence and

    original maker’s intent

    of this object speaks

    for itself.

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     NORTHWEST COAST STAFF

    Haida or Tlingit

    British Columbia or Alaska

    Wood (alder), wrought iron

    Mid 19th century

     Length: 34½ " 

    Provenance:

    Paul Gray, New York

     Joe Kinker, Missouri

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    PLATEAU GIRL’S DRESS

    Nez PerceWashington, Idaho, Oregon or Montana

    Native tanned hide, glass beads,

    shell discs, thread

    Ca. late 19th century

     Height: 37" Width: 35" 

    Provenance:Descended in native familyArthur & Margianne Erickson, Oregon

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     NORTHWEST COAST

    FROG CLAN

    OCTOPUS POUCH

    Tlingit

    Alaska

    Trade wool & cotton

    fabric, glass beads,

    thread, yarn

    Ca. 1890–1910

     Length: 20" 

    Provenance:

    Arthur & Margianne Erickson, Oregon

    A beautifully executed octopus pouch from one of the most under-rated

    beadwork traditions in North America; collectors and dealers alike usually

    think of wood sculpture when considering Northwest Coast art. This

    artistic medium (beadwork) was slow to fully develop on the Coast but

    ultimately a stylistically unique and accomplished practice was established.

    Likely, the pouch was owned by a member of the frog clan who was

    associated with six potlatches as designated by the blue circle

    designs above the amphibian’s head.

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    CHEST/SHOULDER YOKE

    Eskimo

    Alaska

    Wood, pigment

    Ca. 19th century

     Length: 16⅝ " 

    Provenance:

    Charles Miles Collection, California

    (Illustrated in Miles’ title Indian & Eskimo

     Artifact of North America)

    Ramona Morris, Virginia

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    Plains Indian hide painting is a tradition that dates to the

    pre-European contact period. Historic evidence demonstrates

    the evolving medium peaks in the pictographic form during

    the 19th century; regrettably by the 20th century the form

    nearly vanishes. Cadzi Cody is considered one of the last great

    masters of hide painting. His use of color and ability to make

    PLAINS INDIAN HIDE PAINTING

    Wind River Shoshone, WyomingArtist: Cadzi Cody

    Elk hide, pigments

    4th Quarter 19th century

    Size: approx. 76" x 66"

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    his figures appear in motion are traits of his superior ability. He is also known for

    his masterful visual representation of historic Plains Indian dress and accoutrement.

    While this example has previously been dated circa 1890–1900, it is my belief the

    hide is an early example by the artist based on the constrained color palette

    and types of pigment used. Cody’s work is found in many museum

    collections throughout the world.

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    THE PHILADELPHIA

     METHODIST’S PIPETOMAHAWK

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    18th century

    Wrought iron, walnut wood

     Length 19" 

    Provenance:

    Descended through the Boardman

    family, IrelandDonald Ellis Gallery, Canada

    An extraordinary presentationpipe tomahawk of the fashion usedby Eastern Woodland Indians andcolonial settlers in the 18th century.Dated 1772, the weapon was a giftfrom Joseph Pilmore (his initials areon the blade) toRichardBoardman,bothMethodist laypreachers sentfrom England to Philadelphia by JohnWesley (an early leader in theMethodist Church) in 1769. Theirmission was to “go forth in the nameof the Lord, and preach the gospel in

    the waste places of the wilderness and seek after those

    who have no shepherd.”  Ref. PilmoreThe 1772 gift presentation is suggestive of the cross-country mission in which the preachers were about toembark. Wesley was unhappy that both preachers werestaying too close to home (Philadelphia & New York) intheir ministering efforts and needed travel in the fieldin search of more needy subjects. Likely Pilmore gaveBoardman the tomahawk for personal protection whentraveling. The “passing of the pipe” was an importantprotocol of the period between natives and colonials.Pilmore may have considered this important socialcustom when choosing the gift. The tomahawk bladeis wrought iron with hand engraved inscriptions and

    original walnut wood haft. There would have beenan iron mouthpiece on the end of the haft, either lostor discarded (these were commonly removed becausethe iron created an unpleasant taste when smokingthe pipe). Possibly a singularly unique feature is a pipebowl clean out pick; the pick threads into the head forstorage and provides a decorative finial Ref. Stevenson.Colonial rifleman used similar picks to removecarbon buildup in the spark hole on firearms.The decorative styling of the

    pick, along with the walnut woodhaft, and engraving type suggest aPennsylvania clock makermay have crafted the pipetomahawk for Pilmore.

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    PLAINS HIDE DOLL

    CrowMontana

    Ca. 1880–1900

    Hide, cloth, bead

     Height: 19⅝ " 

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    Provenance:

     James Reynolds, an early 20th century

    businessman from Sheridan Wyoming,

    originally collected the doll. Reynolds owneda hardware store established around 1905,

    which sold and traded goods to the Crow Indians.

    His collection of native objects descended through

    the family and finally was dispersed in the 1990’s.

    Terry Winchell, Wyoming

    Bruce & Ilene Johnson, Colorado

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    COMPLEX SAMPLER ––

    TREE OF LIFEWITH BIRDS

    Navajo

    Arizona or New Mexico

    Germantown wool yarn

    Ca. 1890

    Size with fringe:

    34" x 23" 

    Provenance:

     Joan & David Wenger,

    Pennsylvania

    A small group of Navajo“complex” textiles were producedusing commercially made Germantown yarn fromthe mills of the Pennsylvania town bearing the same name.Most commonly seen are blankets and rugs in less elaborate

    patterns; “complex sampler” is the term collectors and dealerscoined to refer to these beautiful rare weavings. Always smallin size and meant as wall or table art from the inception; it isremarkable to think the complexity involved in hand weavinga textile with this fine detail outside in the desert undera hutch of twigs and branches. Complex samplerstook more time to produce than a simplerdesign blanket three or four times larger.

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    POWDER HORN

    Micmac or Penobscot

    Maine, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia

    18th century

    Horn, wood, metal

     Length: 12" 

    Provenance:

     Jim Dresslar Collection, Indiana

    Fuller Collection, Ohio

    Micmac and Penobscot natives of the far Northeast maritime regions

    produced very complex engraved powder horns for their own use an

    for trade to colonials. The imagery relates to what is referred to as

    the “double-curve” motif, the basic component of early decorative

    native artwork from the Eastern Woodlands. Ref. Speck Engraved is

    “Robert J. Mercer,” likely a different Mercer owned the horn before

    Robert, as a ghost image appears under this name from the pervious

    owner. The Indian maker applied the caribou motif but the

    mermaid and skiff image is added later by a Mercer or another artist.

    One assumes the later artist was involved in the maritime trades

    because of the nautical nature of the secondary motifs.

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    PLAINS INDIAN

     MIRROR POUCH

    Nez Perce or Shoshone

    Circa 1840–1860

    Native tanned hide, pony

    & seed glass beads, sinew

     Length: 18"

    (without suspension strap)

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    Plains Indian warriors often

    kept their coveted trade mirrorsin a special pouch. Mirrors

    were used to apply face

    pigment before going on the

    infamous “war trail.”

    This example is exceptional with

    classic Eastern Plateau features and

    Crow influence in both color

    palette and graphic design.

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    HUMAN FACE EFFIGY BALL CLUB

    American or English Sailor CarvedUnknown (tropical) species of wood

    18th–first half 19th century

     Length: 22" 

    SCRIMSHAW DECORATED

    WHALE’S TOOTH

    American-Portuguese Sailor Carved

    Sperm whale’s toothMid-19th century

     Length: 5½ " 

    Provenance:

    Ex. Private Tribal Art Collection, New York

    Rick Gallagher, New York

    The following two objects would rightly be considered part

    of the Euro-American folk art tradition but extends into thegreater tribal art world as well. These pieces exemplify the

    interplay between global native groups and merchant

    sailors who were in contact regularly as the result of early

    trade and whaling industries of the late 18th and 19th

    centuries. Both objects were first crafted and owned by

    native hands, originating in the South Pacific (scrimshaw

    tooth) and Africa (effigy ball club).

    The tooth has a period suspension hole bi-conically drilled by a South Seas native; the tooth would

    have been suspended on a sinnet fiber cord and worn as a prestige necklace. The additions of 

    scrimshaw family scenes, along with “Liberty,” and the American & Hawaiian flags, are clearly the

    result of a sailor who collected the tooth in trade from a native. “Manuel Francis”, the tooth’s subject,

    is possibly the Portuguese-American sailor who later settled in Martha’s Vineland (pending furtherresearch, ref. Bishop Museum documents). Francis was in the South Pacific as part of the mid

    19th century whaling industry, departing from Hawaii on a number of sailing vessels.

    The club is a “bald-head” style, probably first created in Southern Africa and later

    embellished by the sailor/original field collector of the object. The “W.B.” initials harkens

    the imagination of the trials and tribulations of the infamous Captain William Bligh,

    who we know had repeated stopovers in South Africa. The faces are captured

    so wonderfully the naïve folk style of the period.

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    HUMAN MALAGAN FIGURE

    New Ireland Province,

    Papua New Guinea

    Melanesia

    Wood, pigments, bee’s wax, shell,

    plant fiber & seeds

    Late 19th century

     Height: 29 1 ⁄ 4" 

    Provenance:Roberta Entwhistle, England Janet Fleisher, Pennsylvania

    Human malagan figures are used to honor deceasedperson in New Ireland; the “sculpture image that looks

    human is most probably not a portrait of someone.” Ref. Gunn This is why many of the faces we see onexisting malagans are so similar, the carvers are notattempting to portray specific individuals but ratherhonor their memory. This carving departs from theclassic facial presentation with a much more raretreatment of bee’s wax over-modeling, a possible attempt

    to depict a specific individual. A similar example with facialwax and open arm stance is housed at the Musee Barbier-Mueller. Ref. Mattet 

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    PLANK HEADDRESS

    Africa, Senufo

    Wood, wire, pigments

    Ca. 1920–1930

    Size: 24" x 28" 

    Provenance:Norman Hurst, HurstGallery, MassachusettsPrivate Collection

    Senufo plank headdresses are one

    of my favorite object forms.

    Rarely available on the open market,

    this example exemplifies how basic

    primal human imagery in silhouette

    form can become a powerful visual

    statement. Similar use of static

    human imagery can be found

    throughout the world…on a rock

    petroglyph in the AmericanSouthwest…or a Tongan club from

    the Pacific South Seas. A similar

    headdress was in the collection

    of Georges De Menil, New York

    when Goldwater wrote his

    landmark text Senufo Sculpture

    from West Africa in 1964.

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    POLYNESIAN HEADREST

    Tonga

    Wood, sinnet fiber

    Ca. 18th early–19th century

     Length: 15"

    Provenance:Michael Auliso, Tribalmania, CaliforniaCasey & Laurie Conway Collection, Arizona

    I love to see native objects with period repairs. Tongan headrests

    are an ubiquitous form in most Oceanic collections and the

    variations we see in greater Oceania and Africa seem endless.

    The native ingenuity in repairing the broken leg of this piece is

    incredible. The use of braided sinnet (palm leaf fiber) cordage

    and wood pegs results in a repair of unbelievable durability.

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    HEDDLE PULLEY

    GuroAfrica, Ivory CoastWood, nut19th century Height: 6¼ "

    Provenance:New York City DealerFinlayson Collection, Toronto, Canada, illustrated and exhibitedHuman Images through the Ages from the Finlayson Collection,The Art Gallery of York University, 1976. William Jamieson, Canada

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    HEDDLE PULLEY

    BamanaAfrica, Mali

    Wood, pigment, wire

    1st Quarter 20th century

     Height: 10"

    Provenance:Harold Rome Collection, New York, NY

    Peter Michael Boyd, WA

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    POLYNESIAN WAR CLUB

    Tonga Islands

    Wood

    Ca. first half 19th century

     Length: 42" 

    Provenance:

    Charles Mack, MassachusettsAbraham & Paula Rosman, New York

    Paul Gray, New York

    The natives on the Tongan Islands

    had a very complex warfare tradition.

    Weapons served a dual role of

    functionality and as prestige objects.

    Only a warrior with the greatest

    success and wealth could commissiona fully decorative carved weapon.

    The best of these have glyphs

    depicting zoomorphic and

    anthropomorphic imagery.

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    Provenance:

    Maryland estate

    Michael & Jan Stinchcomb Collection, Maryland

    Wood feast and poi (a fermented food product made from crushed taro root)bowls or “calabashes” are an important part of the Hawaiian native hierarchicalsystem. Ownership of bowls of varying types, sizes and wood species constituteda form of wealth and prestige to these native peoples. The vessels were used overgenerations and part of their inherent beauty is the skilled native repairs. Surely

    the use of the wood butterfly in repair of Hawaiian calabashes must have hadsome influence on the work of 20th century furniture craftsman GeorgeNakashima. Ref. Jenkins

    CALABASH FEAST BOWL

    Hawaiian

    18th – early 19th century

    Kamani wood, koa wood, copper wire, native pitch

     Height: 8" Diameter: 16½ "

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    CEREMONIAL MASK

    Himalayan cultureNepal

    Wood, pigment

    Ca. 18th–19th century

     Height: 10" 

    Provenance:Robert Brundage, California James Gavigan, VirginiaRobert Banks, Maryland

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    Bibliography:

    Conway, Casey, Personal correspondence-February 2008, Kingman, Arizona, 2008.

    Feder, Norman, Art of the Eastern Plains Indian – The Nathan Sturges Jarvis Collection, The Brooklyn Museum,Brooklyn, New York, 1964.

    Fenton, William, The False Faces of the Iroquois, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987.

    Goldwater, Robert, Senufo Sculpture from West Africa, The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1964.

    Greenwood, Michael, Human Images through the Ages from the Finlayson Collection, York University, Toronto,Canada, 1976.

    Gunn, Michael, New Ireland, Art of the South Pacific , Saint Louis Art Museum, Musee du quai Branly,5 Continents Editions, Saint Louis, Missouri, Paris, France, Milan Italy, 2006.

    Hammell, George, personal letter to Richard Rockford, New York State Museum, Albany, 1999.

    Harlow, Francis & Lanmon, Dwight, The Pottery of the Zia Pueblo, School of American Research Press,Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003.

     Jenkins, Irving, The Hawaiian Calabash, Kegan Paul International Limited, London, 1989.

    Mattet, Laurence, Arts of Africa and Oceania, Highlights from the Musee Barbier-Mueller , Musee Barbier-Mueller,Geneva, 2007.

    Miles, Charles, Indian & Eskimo Artifact of North America, Bonanza Books, New York, 1963.

    Oldman, W. O., The Oldman Collection of Maori Artifacts, (reprint) The Polynesian Society, Auckland, 2004.Penney, David, Art of the American Indian Frontier , University of Washington Press, Seattle & London, 1992.

    Phelps Steven, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, The James Hooper Collection,Hutchinson & Co, Limited, London, 1976

    Pilmore, Joseph, The Journal of Joseph Pilmore-Methodist Itinerant , for years of 1769-1774, Message PublishingCo., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969.

    Speck, Frank, Symbolism in Penobscot Art , (reprint) Tucquan Publishing, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, 2001

    Stevenson, Scott, personal correspondence, (co-producer of video/dvd For War or Peace: A History of the PipeTomahawk), Landenberg, Pennsylvania, 2007 & 2008.

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    Provenance:

    W. O. Oldman, EnglandHeye Foundation, New York

    William Wildschut, Montana

    Stella Foote Collection, Montana

     John Molloy, New York

     John Painter, Ohio

    Illustrated in American Indian Artifacts,

    The John Painter Collection

    BALL HEAD WAR CLUB

    Eastern Plains or Western Great Lakes

    Maplewood, iron, hide, porcupine quills

    Ca. 1800-1830

     Length: 24" 

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    Credits:

    Images: Bill Bishop, Impact Xposure, Mechanicsburg, PA

    unless otherwise noted.

    Bob Skalkowski, Middletown, PA

    for Iroquois mask and Wood effigy pipe.

    Iroquois Bead Decorated PouchNew York

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