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Showing posts with label tribal art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tribal art. Show all posts

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Close up of a fine Kayan dayak poison gourd receptacle

A close up 19th C. Kayan gourd poison receptacle with a large Aso head and tiny fine figures, adorned with blue beads and seed bead tassels. East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. One of my favourite pieces in our private tribal art collection.




Examples of these fine Kayanic pieces are seen published in Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago pg 50 plate 123 and The Eloquent Dead pg 108 plate 118 and in the Tom Jaffee collection at the Yale University Art Gallery, New York

Attached references and images.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Marc Pinto Gallery - Kenyah Roof Finial

 The Architectural Roof Finial - Kenyah Dayak group, East Kalimantan, Borneo

Through my travels, researching the artisan skills and carvings of the Dayaks from Borneo, this particular group, the Kenyah Dayak, has developed skills that differ to most other dayak groups. The complexity and time taken to create these superb finials which decorate the meeting and communial houses and rice barns are simply breathtaking. Most of my travels were within these areas. The the "flow" of these art objects make it very unique and often it represents Dragon (naga) and Hornbill (kenyalang) motifs.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Indigenous houses of Vietnam

On my last visit to Vietnam, on the second part of the museum of Ethnology in Hanoi, they have a selection of original ethnic houses move and reconstructed in situ. I can appreciate the amount of work going into this large "living exhibition". I will add that it looks very authentic, giving it a similar feel to the cultural village in dayak and orang Ulu in Sarawak Borneo.


The Ede longhouse - has carved house support posts and ladders that can be compared to Naga (north east India) carving. 

Carved step of the Ede - female breasts adorn the top of this step- the other side for the male.


The roof support beam with animal motif ,turtle ,lizard and on the other side ( not pictured) was elephant carvings.


A single piece of hardwood carved table . In my opinion a timeless style of simplistic artwork

More images to follow shortly

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Ethnological Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam

On my recent trip to Vietnam, I visited the Ethnology museum in Hanoi, the exhibits were from various of the 54 ethnic groups within Vietnam. With assistance from the French, it was a very well presented museum.

Here are some other tribal art images

A very expressive Jorai figure, this ( above) was my favorite.


Two other figures


A crane or heron and an owl sculpture


Woven rattan utilitarian baskets for daily use


A mask (unfortunately no further info on locality and tribe on the information plaque)


And a scarecrow....

All for today!