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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI
Bowl, c. 1980ssplit root and dye, 5.5 x 12.75 x 12.75 in (14 x 32.4 x 32.4 cm)LOT 83
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400Further images
Yanomami bowls, traditionally woven from palm fibres for everyday use, began transitioning into marketable objects in the mid-20th century as outside contact with Indigenous communities increased. Collectors, traders, missionaries, and...Yanomami bowls, traditionally woven from palm fibres for everyday use, began transitioning into marketable objects in the mid-20th century as outside contact with Indigenous communities increased. Collectors, traders, missionaries, and anthropologists played key roles in recontextualizing these utilitarian items as art. Originally made for food preparation and storage, the bowls were gradually produced for sale, often to meet tourist and art market demand. Though their function shifted, the bowls retained their traditional materials and techniques, becoming vessels not only of physical use but of cultural expression, adaptation, and the layered meanings of exchange.Provenance
Private Collection, Ottawa.83of 83
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