Thakali and Baragaon villages (including Lubra), horse races at Muktinath. The Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Film Archive is housed at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London where Fürer-Haimendorf was Professor. The 16mm cine footage was digitised by Digital Himalaya Project staff http://www.digitalhimalaya.org.
Detail of a wooden spring figure, into the square hole It was put the terminal part of the fountain, almost always in wood, metal rarely, with zoomorphic forms.
(1) Nepal Shamanism and Tribal Sculpture – a link resume – (2) Masques de l’Himalaya Martigny – Valais – Suisse 16 May 2009 a fin Decembre 2010 – Fondation Bernard et Caroline de Watteville (3) Khenis Ghost Eaters Figure (4) Western Nepal The Archetypic Iconography of an Artistic Living Tradition no I photo courtesy of Jean Claud Latombe, no II Photo courtesy of Reto Niederhauser, no III Photo Courtesy of Paulo Grobel – Links Resume – (5) Mauja Village Kaski District Photo courtesy Tod Ragsdale (6) Walking on the road of Western Nepal no I Photo courtesy of Parderdelles Overblog, no III Photo Courtesy of Michael N Leach, no IV Photo Courtesy of Tim Gallaugher – Link Resume – (7) Masks of the Himalayas a Personal Point of View no 13, (8) Walking on the road of Western Nepal Dunai Juphal Hakke Ringmo the Essay (9) Primitive figure from the Western Nepal Ethnoflorence A Personal Point of View (10) Arts of the Himalayas an American Point of View – Mort Golub – (11) Montagne Sacre Magia Mito Tradizione In Nepal the Essay (12) Extracts from Our Photo Archives Collection (Santal Art & More) links resume
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NEPAL
SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE
MARC PETIT, CHRISTIAN LEQUINDRE
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.
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.
“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. “
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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Extracts from Our Photo Archives Collection
Photo & Composition by Ethnoflorence Photo Archives Collection
MASKS OF HIMALAYAS
A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW
MASK
(Inventory no 13)
Ethnoflorence photo Archives Collection
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MASK
(Inventory no 63)
Ethnoflorence Photo Archives Collection
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MASK
(Inventory no 87)
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MASK
(Inventory no 66)
Ethnoflorence Photo Archives Collection
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MASK
(Inventory no 15)
Ethnoflorence Photo Archives Collection
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MASK
(Inventory no 47)
Himalayan Primitive mask
Ethnoflorence Photo Archives Collection
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MASK
(Inventory no 68)
Old Himalayan Mask with horns, around 50 cm, Western Himalaya HP area?
-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:
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 – GALLERIA ETNIE
VIA CAVALLETTO 4/A (Arche Scaligere) 37121 Verona tel fax 39 045 592502 etnie@libero.it
KHENIS GOSTH EATERS FIGURE IN KAGBENI VILLAGE – MUSTANG – NEPAL
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WESTERN NEPAL THE ARCHETYPIC ICONOGRAPHY OF AN ARTISTIC LIVING TRADITION RESUME I-II-III 4
MASKS OF THE HIMALAYAS
No 6 – 14 – 19 – 39 -44
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MASKS OF THE HIMALAYAS
PACE PRIMITIVE NEW YORK
1990
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NEPALESE FIGURE
(Text by Ethnoflorence)
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HIMALAYAN INSTRUMENTS AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK
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VOYAGE IN MONGOLIA
2003’s EXHIBITION AT MUSEE INTERNATIONAL DU CARNAVAL ET DU MASQUE of BINCHE
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Ghurras from Ethnoflorence Photo Archive
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MASQUES & ARTS TRIBAUX HIMALAYENS
2007’s Exhibition of the Galerie le Toit du Monde in Paris at Salon du Vieux Colombier
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Nepalese Figure & Seed Holder Binji
From Ethnoflorence Photo Archive
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KATHMANDU SHRINES
PART I
Photo kindly courtesy of Moj Gan
KATMANDU SHRINES PART I Photo kindly courtesy of Moj Gan
Photo courtesy of Moj Gan
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KHENIS GOSTH 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.
Catalog designed by Abby Goldstein and Julian Peploe Photography by Malcom Varon and Sarah Wells.
Printed in Italy by LS Graphic Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog card number: 90-83431
Catalogo storico per le arti popolari della regione Himalayana, accanto a manufatti cd classici furono incluse anche maschere di carattere animistico.
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NEPALESE FIGURE
(Inventory no 86)
NEPALESE FIGURE
(Inventory no.26)
NEPALESE FIGURE
(Inventory no 71)
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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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN INSTRUMENTS AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM NEW YORK
Photo Ethnoflorence
Photo Ethnoflorence
Photo Ethnoflorence
Coming soon
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VOYAGE IN MONGOLIA
2003’s Exhibition
at the
Musee International du Carnaval
et du Masque of Binche
devoted to the Art of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Népal, Bouthan, Tibet, Mongolie,
with items from the Musée International du Carnaval et du Masque (M.I.C.M.), and the Etnografisch Museum of Antwerpen.
Nepalese pieces from the Collection of Eric Chazot (Paris).
– 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
Photo courtesy of SANZA ART PREMIERS BRUXELLES
Photo courtesy of SANZA ART PREMIERS BRUXELLES
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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.
Photo Ethnoflorence
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.
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ETHNOFLORENCE INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS 