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Pestle head with two-headed tiki.
See original version (French)
251
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Pestle head with two-headed tiki.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Pestle head with two-headed tiki.
Carved volcanic stone, semi-polished, marks of time.
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, probably 19th century or earlier.
6.5 × 4.5 cm
This head is associated with the founding ancestors and vital forces. The two-headed, Janus-like treatment reinforces the idea of protection and vigilance, with the figure facing in several directions. Integrated into an everyday object, it is a constant symbolic presence, linking domestic gestures to notions of fertility, transmission and group continuity.
See original version (French)
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