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Bark belt, Kava or Kaba (in Orokola), 19th century
Bark, lime, pigment
20 x 25 x 22 cm (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.87

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected on the warship Panther before 1905. Néprajzi Múseum, Budapest." (Catalog #447, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 159.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "According to Chalmers (cited in Haddon, 1894: 111), these bark belts were "made by Vailala and Orokolo natives" and apparently traded to other areas. They provided physical protection for the warrior's midriff, as well as conveying metaphysical protection (the images of ancestral spirits are often carved on them), and demonstrating the Gulf people's enthusiasm for two-dimensional design (cf. Haddon, 1894: 111-28, figs. 26-45; Lewis, 1931, pl. xxv-xxxiv). Traditionally, after a strip of bark had been scraped and cleaned, the designs were cut in "with an oyster shell sharpened on the edge" (ibid., 2)." (Catalog #447, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 159.) 1981 - Bodrogi, 1981, vol. 1, no. 108. 1980 - Sotheby's, London, June 16, 1980, lot 103. 1978 - Dorsinfang, 1978: 62. 1967 - Lommel et al., 1967, fig. 410. 1963 - Guiart, 1963, figs. 115 and 116. 1961 - Bodrogi, 1961b, fig. 74.

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