Lot 14
Vanuatu Malekula Temes Nevimbur Mask Puppet
Sold June 28, 2025
- Price realized
- $140
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $450-650
Origin: Malekula Island, mid to late 20th century
Dimensions: 7.5×9.5×30 in.
Condition: It has wear of the natural materials and cracking of its paint especially along one side of its face. Its natural materials make it fragile.
Additional Information: This Vanuatu Malekula Temes Nevimbur Mask Puppet is on a wooden rod with the mask shaped onto the top with natural materials such as clay, natural fibers, vegetal paste, and leaves. It has a long nose and protruding eyes with rod like shapes with holes on the ends and a painted orange and black design. It also has bore tusks on each side of the face.
Boar tusks are sometimes used as currency in Vanatu and often represented wealth and status. Temes Nevimber are types of rods or puppets that are used in secret society ceremonies and represent are used to tell mythological stories.
Reportedly, provenance: Scott Duggleby, TX.
Lot details
- Lot
- 14
- Closed
- June 28, 2025
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