26.01.2012

Mapuche Machi’s Rewe Shaman's ledder iconography close point of contact with the archaic figures of Western Nepal

 

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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE SHAMANISTIC  LEDDERS  SCULPTURES AND MASKS
OF THE MAPUCHE PEOPLE OF CHILE AND ARGENTINA
HAS CLOSE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE
STYLE OF THE MORE ARCHAIC FIGURES AND MASKS OF THE
WESTERN NEPAL

 

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Mapuche Machi’s Rewe (shaman’s ladder)

Mapuche Art at the Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández

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The Mapuche shamans called Machi have ritual objects to carry out the ceremony for each medical treatment
 or pleading ritual.

The Mapuche developed the art of stone and wood sculpture with the intention of establishing
communication between Ngünechen (the deity that governs the world) and human beings.

The new shaman provides her- or himself with a wooden pole called Kemukemu.

This pole is transformed into a sacred Rewe (clean and pure space) when she or he is initiated into the realm of a devoted
 Machi in a ritual called Ngeykurewen.

The first Rewe of a Machi has four steps carved into its front, representing the four main sacred spaces.

 

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These steps end at the top of the pole with a carved head representing the human spirits involved in the pleading ceremony.

The Rewe is placed to the right side in front of the Machi’s home.

The Rewe is a means of transportation used by the Machi to reach Wenu Mapu—or the blue space above, where the deities
live—to maintain communication with the sacred spirits.

With time, the Machi acquires new power and skills to appeal for the blessings of Ngünechen and fight against the evil
spirits.

Each new spiritual power merits a new sacred step carved into the pole. This eight-step Rewe seems to have belonged to an
experienced, accomplished Machi with sufficient knowledge and strength to propitiate communication with Ngünechen.

This necessary spiritual mediation allows her or him to face the strongest evil spirits and bring back the right
equilibrium for the community in times of danger or calamity.

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María Catrileo (Mapuche), linguist, Universidad Austral de Chile

CREDIT

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Wooden sculptures in the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Santiago, Chile. These are 19th century grave effigies carved by the local Mapuche indigenous people.

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Koppas

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A selection of works from the Domeyko Cassel Collection, Santiago, Chile.

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Nepalese shaman oral texts Volume 55 di Harvard oriental series Gregory G. Maskarinec Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, 1998

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Nepalese shaman oral texts
Volume 55 di Harvard oriental series
Gregory G. Maskarinec
Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, 1998

Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts is a bilingual (Nepali and English) critical edition of three complete, representative
repertoires of shaman texts collected over the past twenty years in Jajarkot District, Western Nepal. Throughout
that area, shamans continue to fulfill important therapeutic roles, diagnosing problems, treating afflictions,
and restoring order and balance to the lives of their clients and their communities.

Each of these efforts incorporates extensive, meticulously memorized oral texts, materials that not only clarify
symptoms and causes but also detail the proper ways to conduct rituals. These texts preserve the knowledge necessary
to act as a shaman, and confirm a social world that demands continuous intervention by shamans.

This volume, the first of its kind, includes both publicly chanted recitals and privately whispered spells of the area's
three leading shamans, annotated with extensive notes. Containing over 250 texts, this work endeavors to provide a
comprehensive documentation of a non-Western healing system through the material that sustains and preserves that
tradition, demonstrating that shaman texts remain thoroughly meaningful.

Text Amazon.com see more on

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05.11.2011

NEPAL JUMLA REGION 1971 & 1995's FIELD WORK MR JOHAN REINHARD

NEPAL

JUMLA REGION

1971 & 1995's

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JOHAN REINHARD

 

http://sites.google.com/site/johanreinhardwebsite/

 

 

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02.06.2010

WALKING ON THE ROADS OF WESTERN NEPAL V NEPAL TRIBAL ART NEPAL MASK HIMALAYAN MASK

-NEPAL. SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE
MARC PETIT, CHRISTIAN LEQUINDRE

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK:


-MARC PETIT

 

Writer and collector, he has donated a collection of masks from Nepal to the Musée des Arts Premiers Quai Branly, Paris.


Among his books:

- « A Masque découvert, regards sur les arts primitifs de l’Himalaya », Stock Aldines, 1995.

- « La Statuaire archaïque du Népal occidental », Renaud Vanuxem, 2006.

-« Le Masque de la Chine », Musée Jacquemart André, Actes Sud, 2007.


-CHRISTIAN LEQUINDRE


Photographer and collector, he has been resident in Nepal since the 1980s.

He carried out multiple field studies between 1995 and 2005 and produced three documentaries on different masks traditions in Nepal.

He has also directed the Annapurna Gallery in Paris from 1989 to 1995.

He has, recently, started to edit the web site NEPAL TRIBAL ART  www.nepaltribalart.com

 

-MASQUES de l'HIMALAYA , Martigny - Valais - Suisse 16 May 2009 a fin Decembre 2010 - Fondation Bernard et Caroline de Watteville Fondation a but culturel.
Rue du Levant 34 1920 Martigny Tel. 41 (0) 27 720 49 20

www.museesaintbernanrd.ch


En complement de cette exposition, des expositions - dossiers seront organisée:

Masque suisses
Art chamanique nepalais
Art Rural suisse et himalayen
Bijoux de l'Himalayaa

Photos courtesy Espace Holbein

http://espace-holbein.over-blog.org/article-34917121-6.html

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--KHENIS, GHOST EATERS FIGURE IN  KAGBENI VILLAGE, NEPAL


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-WESTERN NEPAL, THE  ARCHETYPIC ICONOGRAPHY OF AN ARTISTIC  LIVING TRADITION III

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-MAUJA VILLAGE, KASKI DISTRICT,  Nepal circa 1973-74
(Photo courtesy Tod Ragsdale http://taragsdalephotos.com/)

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-Mauja is a Gurung village  of  Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal, the photo was took by the photographer Tod Ragsdale in the early 70's.

-WALKING ON THE ROAD OF WESTERN NEPAL I

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-HIMALAYAN ARTS, THE CATALOGUES:

A MASQUE DECOUVERT 

REGARDS SUR L'ART PRIMITIF DE L'HIMALAYA

MARC PETIT 1995 STOCK/ALDINES

"Les formes ont plus mémoire que le hommes. Ce qui surgit là, dans tous ces visages silencieux, graves ou hilares, dessine le relief d'un continent submergé: la vieille Asie des chamanes et des cultes de possession.

Face aux formules codifiées des classicismes indien et tibétain, l'art primitif de l'Himalaya affirme sa singularité, sa puissance d'invention et son humour, sa poésie et sa force expressive. "

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Marc Petit is a collector of primitive arts for more than 30 years, this catalogue, in which was edited a wide selection of his masks collection, played in the mid of the 90's a pivotal role  to make known the primal arts of the people of Himalaya to a large number of tribal arts lovers.

The book was awarded with the  Grand Prix du Livre des Arts of the Société des Gens de Lettres.

Marc Petit donated in 2003  25 Nepalese masks of his collection  to the Musée du Quai Branly of Paris; five of these items are already exhibited in the permanent collections of the Museum in the Asian section.

Several of his  masks will be showcased in the exhibition: IN THE WHITE OF THE EYES, HIMALAYAN MASKS / DANS LE BLANC DES YEUX, MASQUES HIMALAYA , which will be held at the Museum du Quay Branly from 9 November 2010 to 30 January 2011.

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-PRIMITIVE FIGURE OF THE  HIMALAYAS

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- ARTS OF THE HIMALAYAS, AN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW

TRANSFORMING MASKS / MASKS OF THE HIMALAYAS

Transforming Masks / Masks of the Himalayas is a feature article edited in April 1999 on  Arts of Asia by the american  artist and  collector Mort Golub 

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Photo Credit Mort Golub www.mysterydance.com

 

-The SOAS is a leader in the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the library with its Archives and  Special Collections is the HEFCE-designated National Research Library for these regions of the world.

SOAS is in the process of putting his collections of rare manuscripts, books, photographs, audio and film material on-line, to be freely available for everyone.

THE FIRST COLLECTION PUT ON THE WEB IS THE ARCHIVE OF PROFESSOR CHRISTOPH VON FURER-HAIMENDORF.

This collection is widely recognised as the world's most comprehensive visual documentation of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas.

The SOAS archive of Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) includes photographs, cine film and written materials.

It reflects his fifty years of scholarship.

It is especially valuable because it documents these cultures before many changed rapidly with the advent of external civil administration after the mid-twentieth century.

In 1995, Nicholas Haimendorf donated his father's archive to SOAS, where it was deposited in the Special Collections department of the Library.

The photographic collection, comprises more than 21,000 images

Ethnic groups represented in the Fürer-Haimendorf archive:

Apatani,Bugung,Digaru Mishmi,Galo, Hill Miri, Minyong Adi, Monpa, Nyishi, Sherdukpen, Wancho,Angami Naga, Ao Naga, Chakhesang Naga,Chang Naga, Konyak Naga, Bhotia, Gurung, Lhomi (Kar Bhote), LIMBU, Newar, Rai, Sherpa,Tamang, Thakali, Tharu.

SEE MORE ON  www.digital.info.soas.ac.uk

 

-MONTAGNE SACRE

MAGIA, MITO, TRADIZIONE IN NEPAL

Is the 2008  exhibition of the  ETNIE GALLERy of Verona in collaboration with Francois Pannier, Galerie le Toit  du Monde Paris , and the french  collector of Himalayan Arts Richard Lair.

ETNIE GALLERY

VIA CAVALLETTO 4/A (Arche Scaligere) 37121 Verona tel fax 39 045 592502
etnie@libero.it

http://www.etniearte.com/galleria/fr_galleria.htm


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-HIMALAYAN  ANCIENT WOODEN RITUAL HIGH RELIEF CARVED ITEMs.

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THE TRIBAL ART OF MIDDLE INDIA, ELWIN VERRIER 1951.
 
AFTER 60 YEARS THE TRIBAL ART OF MIDDLE INDIA IS STILL NEGLETED AND UNKNOWN, A LOST WORLD.
 
SANTAL PEOPLE TRIBAL ART, A RESUME
 
PICTURES AND PIECES  from the photo Archive of:

-Ethnoflorence Indian and Himalayan Folk and Tribal Art http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/post/7632624/tribal-a...

 -Art Premiers Art Primitive Collection Bruxelles http://sanza.skynetblogs.be/post/7633837/-tribal-arts-of-...

and with the kindly support of

-Detours de Monde web-site
 http://detoursdesmondes.typepad.com/dtours_des_mondes/201...

-Actufresh web site

http://www.actufresh.fr/2010/les-arts-des-santal.html

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THE TRIBAL ART OF MIDDLE INDIA, ELWIN VERRIER 1951.
 
AFTER 60 YEARS THE TRIBAL ART OF MIDDLE INDIA IS STILL NEGLETED AND UNKNOWN, A LOST WORLD.
 
SANTAL PEOPLE TRIBAL ART, A RESUME
 
PICTURES AND PIECES  from the photo Archive of:

-Ethnoflorence Indian and Himalayan Folk and Tribal Art http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/post/7632624/tribal-a...

 -Art Premiers Art Primitive Collection Bruxelles http://sanza.skynetblogs.be/post/7633837/-tribal-arts-of-...

and with the kindly support of

-Detours de Monde web-site
 http://detoursdesmondes.typepad.com/dtours_des_mondes/201...

-Actufresh web site

http://www.actufresh.fr/2010/les-arts-des-santal.html

-GHURRAS FROM ETHNOFLORENCE PHOTO ARCHIVE

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-HIMALAYA ET SES SOURCES

ART TRIBAL ET CLASSIQUE

 

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VENTE A L'ATELIER RICHELIEU - 75002 PARIS

COMMISSAIRE-PRISEUR HABILITEE: NATHALIE MANGEOT

EXPERT: FRANCOIS PANNIER

http://www.gaiaauction.com/upload/fichiers/12669393704bdf...

-GAIA S.A.S. MAISON DE VENTES AUX ENCHERES PUBLIQUES, 43 RUE DU TREVISE - 75009 PARIS
TEL 33 (0) 1 44 83 85 00
FAX 33(0) 1 44 83 85 01
E-mail  gaia@gaiaauction.com - www.gaiaauction.com

-KATMANDU SHRINES, PART I

Photo kindly courtesy of  Moj Gan

 

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-KHENIS, GHOST EATERS FIGURE IN  KAGBENI VILLAGE, NEPAL.

 

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Galerie Le Toit Du Monde 6, rue Visconti - 75006 Paris Tél/Fax : 01 43 54 27 05 / contact@letoitdumonde.net
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK:


-MARC PETIT

 

Writer and collector, he has donated a collection of masks from Nepal to the Musée des Arts Premiers Quai Branly, Paris.


Among his books:

- « A Masque découvert, regards sur les arts primitifs de l’Himalaya », Stock Aldines, 1995.

- « La Statuaire archaïque du Népal occidental », Renaud Vanuxem, 2006.

-« Le Masque de la Chine », Musée Jacquemart André, Actes Sud, 2007.


-CHRISTIAN LEQUINDRE


Photographer and collector, he has been resident in Nepal since the 1980s.

He carried out multiple field studies between 1995 and 2005 and produced three documentaries on different masks traditions in Nepal.

He has also directed the Annapurna Gallery in Paris from 1989 to 1995.

He has, recently, started to edit the web site NEPAL TRIBAL ART  www.nepaltribalart.com

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-MASQUES QUI ETES VOUS?

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- ART OF THE HIMALAYS: THE CATALOGUES

-ENIGMAS DE LA MONTANAS, MASCARAS TRIBALES DEL HIMALAYA.
ENIGMES DES MONTAGNES, MASQUES TRIBAUX DE L'HIMALAYA.

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The late Gustavo Gili was a friend and a passionate collector of Himalayan masks of Barcelona, in this catalogue, curated by Francois Pannier was edited a part of his collection.

First to collect Himalan art Gustavo Gili put toghether an important and selected collection devoted to the traditional arts of Africa.

The passion for the masks of the Himalayas begun in Gustavo after to have bought his first piece, the mask n1 of the catalogue, a sort of Frankestein item displaying a lot of ancient restaurations.

This remarkable piece, was also edited in the 1989 pivotal catalogue curated by  Francois Pannier and Stephane Mangin:  Masques de l'Himalaya. Du primitif au classique (at that time the mask was in another private collection of Barcelona) and exhibited in the 1991 exhibition at Musee de la Castre of Cannes.

Enigmas de la Montanas is a catalogue that reflects the sophisticate taste of Gustavo, an important catalogue to understand the still 'hidden and unknown' arts of the Himalayas.

- HIMALAYAN MASKS, BACK SIDE

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KATMANDU SHRINES, PART I

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Kagbeni is a fortified two gates medioeval  village located in a strategic place at the cofluence of two river valleys, situated in a fertile area.

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-MASKS OF THE HIMALAYAS PACE PRIMITIVE Gallery  NEW YORK, October 26 - December 1990, curated by LISA BRADLEY and with the contribute of Eric Chazot.

Front cover: Tibet Gonpo mask,

Catalog designed by Abby Goldstein and Julian Peploe
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Printed in Italy by LS Graphic Inc.

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Catalogo storico per le arti popolari della regione Himalayana, accanto a manufatti cd classici furono incluse anche maschere di carattere animistico.

-HIMALAYAN  ARCHAIC  FIGURE: ETHNOFLORENCE AND INDIPENDENT POINT OF VIEW

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Allora come oggi scarsamente recensite, le arti tradizionali della vasta area himalayana sono latrici di un variegato , ricchissimo e originale repertorio iconografico, frutto della sincretica fusione di stilemi classici e popolari.

Ogni oggetto sembra essere in tal senso latore di una memoria  ancestrale che di volta in volta memorizza, interpreta e rielabora dettagli stilistici dal carattere spesso antinomico, così da  risultare, anche all'osservatore più attento, autentici 'rebus' figurativi, nei quali la presenza di simbologie  archetipicihe universali non è infrequente.

Queste considerazioni non sono però  del tutto valide per la statuaria arcaico-animistica dell'Ovest Nepal.

Queste  sculture  costituiscono la vitale , universale e cristallizzata archetipica testimonianza di culti e credenze popolari  che affondano le proprie radici in un remoto passato  ormai da noi dimenticato ma certamente, un tempo, comune al sentire di  tutti gli uomini.

Sono antecedenti alla differenziazione  ed evoluzione degli stili 'locali', sono opposte alla cd arte tribale, qualcosa che attiene ad una specifica e locale  geolocalizzazione temporale di stili ed iconografie.

Impermeabili alle influenze 'stilistiche' delle religioni major della regione, queste figure riassumono in sè un ricco ed unico  repertorio di credenze sempre più prossimo al collasso.

Uno scientifico e sistematico field work è oggi disperatamente urgente.

Nell'attesa  Ethnoflorence ha intrapreso una mappatura dell'area ed uno studio iconografico-comparativo dei manufatti

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- PREFACE by Michel Revelard
-L'ART DU MASQUE EN HIMALAYA by Eric Chazot and  Michel Revelard
-CHAMANISME ET BOUDDHISME by Jan van Alphen
-LES MASQUES DU NEPAL: LE VISAGE DES DIEUX by Eric Chazot
-LES RITUELS BOUDDHIST


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-THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK

THE ANCIENT ARCHETIPYC ICONOGRAPHY OF THE RITUAL WEAPONS AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURES FROM UTTAR PRADESH.

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hese anthropomorphic figures, harpoons, ax blades (celts) and anntennae swords were cast and hammered from unalloyed copper.

They may be dated 1500 to 1000 bc.

Given that pure copper is a relatively soft metal and most of the objects ahow little  or no signs of wear, it seems likely that their function was largely dedicatory.

Hoards of such objects have been found across north India, the greatest concentration being in Uttar Pradesh.

The findspots suggest they were ritually deposited in rivers or marshes, though several related antennae swords were recovered in late Indus Valley civilization (ca. 1500 b.c.) burials at Sanauli.

-GHURRAS FROM ETHNOFLORENCE HIMALAYAN PHOTO ARCHIVE

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-MASQUES & ARTS TRIBAUX HIMALAYENS, 2007 Exhibition of the Galerie le Toit du Monde in Paris at Salon du Vieux Colombier
Galerie Le Toit Du Monde 6, rue Visconti - 75006 Paris Tél/Fax : 01 43 54 27 05 / contact@letoitdumonde.net
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-GAIA S.A.S. MAISON DE VENTES AUX ENCHERES PUBLIQUES, 43 RUE DU TREVISE - 75009 PARIS
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HIMALAYA ET SES SOURCES

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VENTE A L'ATELIER RICHELIEU - 75002 PARIS

COMMISSAIRE-PRISEUR HABILITEE: NATHALIE MANGEOT

EXPERT: FRANCOIS PANNIER

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-HIMALAYAN  ANCIENT WOODEN RITUAL HIGH RELIEF CARVED ITEMS 

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-KHENIS, GHOST EATERS FIGURE IN KAGBENI VILLAGE, NEPAL. MASQUES & ARTS TRIBAUX HIMALAYENS, PARIS. NEPAL ANIMAL MASK. WESTERN NEPAL PRIMITIVE NAMASTE POSTURE FIGURE. HIMALAYAN MASK HIMALAYAN TRIBAL ART

-KHENIS, GHOST EATERS FIGURE IN  KAGBENI VILLAGE, NEPAL.

Kagbeni is a fortified two gates medioeval  village located in a strategic place at the cofluence of two river valleys, situated in a fertile area.

During the 19th century the human guards of the gates become superfluous and were replaced with two human figure moulded from clay each  named KHENIS or Ghost Eaters, primitive iconographic subjects probably remanants of the ancient BON religion.

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-WESTERN NEPAL, THE  ARCHETYPIC ICONOGRAPHY OF AN ARTISTIC  LIVING TRADITION I

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-WESTERN NEPAL, THE ARCHETYPIC  ICONOGRAPHY  OF AN ARTISTIC LIVING  TRADITION  PART II

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- THE PHUR-PA, TIBETAN RITUAL DAGGERS JOHN C. HUNTINGTON Artibus Asiae - Publishers 6612 Ascona - Switzerland 1975

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-MASQUES & ARTS TRIBAUX HIMALAYENS, 2007 Exhibition of the Galerie le Toit du Monde in Paris at Salon du Vieux Colombier
Galerie Le Toit Du Monde 6, rue Visconti - 75006 Paris Tél/Fax : 01 43 54 27 05 / contact@letoitdumonde.net
http://www.letoitdumonde.net/

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- RICHARD LAIR COLLECTION, A SENSITIVE SELECTION courtesy of Richard Lair.

-Nepalese shaman pictures courtesy of    Josh Lustig   http://www.joshlustig.com/; Vincent Van den Berg http://web.mac.com/vincentvandenberg/shi/Index.html , Manishakya http://www.flickr.com/photos/manishakya/  Arts Premiers Collection Bruxelles http://sanza.skynetblogs.be/ , undated nepalese post card.

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- WALKING ON THE ROAD OF WESTERN NEPAL III 
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-Invitation card of the exhibition “Photo Document: Nineteen Seventies” by Kanak Mani Dixit at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Baber Mahal, Kathmandu


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 Mask of Ravanna, demon ruler of Lanka, the enemy of Rama in the Ramayana, it's used in the RAMILLA, a cycle of plays based on Rama's life. North India 20th century.

2 Shadow puppet of goatskin, representing Rama. Andhra Pradesh, 20th century.

3 Three dimensional figures of Rama, Lankshmane (Rama's brother) and Sita are used in the Dashahara festival for the Ramilla. Delhi, 20th century.

4 Figure of a Lambadi woman from Gujarat performs a tribal dance with a copper vassel balanced on her head. 20th century.

5 Indian folk painting used in Rajastan by a traveling bard as background while he recites, dances and mimes the story of the hero Pabuji Rathore. The painting depicts scenes from the hero's life. Mewar, Rajastan, late 19th century.

6 Cloth hangings with woodblock designs show Brahma, patron of the theather, and his consort Sarasvati, patroness of music. Andhra Pradesh, 20th century.

7 In the basket are Rajasthani marionettes used to tell stories of the Rajput princes, of knightly exploits, and of loves lost and found. Rajasthan early 20th century.

8 Peacock feather crowned headdress of the Pootham actor, used by Perawannams of South India, involves a very formal and difficult theater tradition. South Malabar 20th century.

9 Chhau mask of Ravanna, demon king of Lanka, enemy of Rama. State of Seraikella , Bihar 20th century.

10 Chhau mask of Durga, consort of Siva, State of Seraikella , Bihar 20th century.

11 Chhau mask of Ganesha, son of Siva, State of Seraikella , Bihar 20th century.

12 The Nandi Bull of Siva, polychrome wood. Bombay early 20th century.

13 Mask representing Chandama, paper machè, Varanasi, 20th century.

-THE ART OF INDIAN ASIA its mythology and transformations, Heinrich Zimmer,  completed and edited by Joseph Campbell with photographs by Eliot Elisonfon and others, Pantheon Books.

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-TAMANG SHAMANIC KIT, courtesy of BILL MARSH collection; B/W pics courtesy of Josh Lustig   http://www.joshlustig.com/; text courtesy of Italo Bertolasi  from "Jhakri uomini con le ali" Nepal 1971, written  for the exhibition "Viaggi a Oriente"  http://www.italobertolasi.com/viaggioriente.htm  and http://www.italobertolasi.com/index.html.

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MASKEN UND SKULPTUREN AUS DEM HIMALAYA

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Catalogue of the September 2002 exhibition at Museum of Ritterhaus Offenburg of Mr Pierre Zink Himalayan Art collection.

Text by Mr Pierre Zink (introduction) and Mr Eric Chazot.

Among  the different chapters of the catalogue: L'art chamanique de l'Himalaya (Shamanistische Kunst im Himalaya); Le chamane et ses instruments de pouvoir (Der Shamane und seine Macht-Instrumente); Le dhyangro (Die Dhyangro); Le phurbu (Der Phurbu); Sculptures de protecteur (Skulpturen der Schutzgottheiten); Les instruments de musique (Die Musikinstrumente); Le masques (Die Masken).


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- RICHARD LAIR COLLECTION, A SENSITIVE SELECTION courtesy of Richard Lair.


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NEPAL MASK, NEPAL MONKEY MASK. AUTRES MAITRES DE L'INDE CREATIONS CONTEMPORAINES DES ADIVASI, MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY PARIS

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Scarsamente recensito negli anni della sua scomparsa, il mondo artistico  degli Adivasi è oggi rappresentato nella mostra temporanea  al Museo du Qui Branly di Parigi in undici sezioni, nelle quali il Curatore ha cercato di rappresentare altrettanti microcosmi di questa realtà ormai perduta.

Il confronto iconografico  tra il passato ed il presente è tuttavia in alcuni casi impietoso.

Il visitatore è per esempio accolto nella sua visita da alcuni cavalli in terracotta, opere di artigianato odierno che poco o niente hanno a che fare con l'antica tradizione iconografica degli 'holy potters' del Tamil Nadu.

Manufatti moderni che testimoniano un regresso estetico che dalla sublime arte dei Grama Devatas o Village Gods of South India retrocede a mere rappresentazioni artigianali che niente hanno a che fare con le prime.

Stella Kramrisch non le avrebbe di certo inserite nella sua epica esibisione del 1968, Unknown India Ritual Art in Tribe and Village di Philadelphia.

Un Santal Banam, proveniente da una anonima collezione indiana, e pubblicato nel PDF di presentazione della mostra, oltre ad essere evidentemente nuovo, presenta uno scollamento sostanziale con la tipica iconografia ed estetica di questa popolazione.

Una Mostra di manufatti non soltanto nuovi, dunque, ma in molti casi anche lontani dalle originali tradizioni dei popoli presi in considerazione.

AUTRES MAITRES DE L'INDE CREATIONS CONTEMPORAINES DES ADIVASI, MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY PARIS,  du mardi 30 Mars au Dimanche 18 Juillet 2010, Commissaire General of the Exhibition Mr JYOTINDRA JAIN.

Section 1 : LES REPRESENTATIONS DE L'INDE ADIVASI

Cette section  illustre la situation tribale en Inde à l’époque coloniale, postcoloniale et contemporaine en présentant des textes, cartes et photographies. 

Chromos, gravures et cartes postales représentent les tribus autochtones et peuples « Adivasi » dans une perspective historique.  Les oeuvres des photographes Dayanita Singh et Pablo Bartholomew portent un regard contemporain sur les « Adivasi ».

Section 2: LES PEUPLES

L’exposition présente  onze univers correspondant chacun à un peuple différent ; chacun de ces peuples est  caractérisé par ses productions matérielles rituelles et artistiques.

- Les sculptures Bhuta, Karnataka
-Bas-reliefs architecturaux : les femmes artistes de Chattisgarh
-Andaman et Nicobar, sud-est de l'Inde
-Pièces artisanales Ayyanar : sculptures en terre cuite, Tamil Nadu
-Tombeau de Molela : dieux d’argile, Rajasthan
-Pithora : peintures murales, centre-Ouest du Gujarat
-Figurines tribales en bronze de l’ère Bastar et zones Kondh, Orissa
-Santhal : sculptures sur bois et peintures, West Bengal
-Waghri, Gurajat
-Naga, nord-est de l’Inde
-Peintures Adivasi

Section 3 - Les Artistes Contemporains

Cette troisième  section propose une sélection monographique dans l’oeuvre de deux artistes contemporains : Jivya Soma Mashe (tribu Warli / Thane district) et Jangarh Singh Shyam (peuple Gond / Madya Pradesh).

 

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