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The Year of the Snake

February 6, 2025

 

The Year of the Snake comes every twelve years.

Snakes get a bad rap.

Blamed for tempting Eve

and the "Fall of Man",

compared to sleazy politicians,

hotel moguls,

"snake-oil" salesmen and 

rapacious billionaires.

This is grossly unfair to snakes!

So let us pause

to celebrate the snake,

which slithers in

and sheds it's skin

to bring hope of rebirth

and renewal.

 

Fon Gelede Mask Surmounted by Snake in Jar
SKU: AFM-2002

Fon, Benin, late 20th century
Wood with red, green, yellow, black, white oil paints, nylon string (18"h. x 6 1/2"w. x 8" d.).  Snake in pot is operable by pulling string.  
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson.  Purchased by collector in Benin, c.2000.

$850

Dambalah Wedo - Vodou flag
SKU: CBA-2201

Sequins and beads on fabric (18" x 16"),
c.1980's/1990's.  Signature "CB" at bottom, front.

Provenance: from private collection.

 

$850

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBF-349

Sequins and beads on fabric
(36" x 27") c.1996

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$850

Damballa Vodou Banner
SKU: MS/D1202

(Port-au-Prince)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(31 1/2 x 24) c.2009

Ex. collection of the late Marilyn Houlberg.

$ 750

Gerard Fortuné
SKU: GF-1407

(Port-au-Prince)
Oil on canvas (23 1/2" x 15 1/4"), Framed.
c.2010

$750 Framed

La Sirene and Damballa Vodou Banner
SKU: MD-1501

(Port-au-Prince)
Sequins and beads on fabric (19 1/2" x 21 1/2"),
c.2014
This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

$750

Ceremonie for Damballa - Vodou flag
SKU: JBF-218

Sequins and beads on fabric
(31" x 24") c.2000

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$750

Metresse & Damballa - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBF-315

Menos
Sequins and beads on fabric
(27.5" x 28.5") c.2010

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$675

Eden II
SKU: RFR-1901

Roger Francois (Petite Riviere, Haiti, 1928 -2013)
Oil on Canvas (16 x 20), framed.  c.1993

$550

The Kingdom of Birds
SKU: TF-2302

Oshogbo, Nigeria, c.2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(20" h. x 16” w).

$550

One-horned "Djab" carnival mask
SKU: HMSK-63

Unknown artist. Jacmel, Haiti.
Painted papier maché and cow-horn (24 1/2" h. x 22 1/2” w. x 11” d.) c. 1989.
Ex. collection of Rudi Stern.

Note: this is a vintage piece collected over thirty years ago, and displayed by the collector.  Some wear and chipping of paint is to be expected.

$425

A Cobra Mamadora (The Nursing Snake)
SKU: ABBA-6

Abraão Batista (Juareiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil)
Woodcut print on paper (image 13" x 21"), #5/50, 1985

$250

"Dambala" Vodou Bottle
SKU: BTL-16

Sequins and beads on fabric on glass bottle.  Signed "Valri".
(+/- 3 1/2" x 12.25"), c.2005.
From collection of Judy Hoffman.

$225

Eden
SKU: TF-2309

Oshogbo, Nigeria, c.2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(10" h. x 8 1/8 w.).

$225

Lord Shiva and Disciple with Snake, Bird and Scorpions
SKU: SHD-2003

Shagun Devi -  Baiga people, Madhya Pradesh State, India
2019/2020
Acrylic on paper
(10" h. x 14" w. )

$225

Garden of Eden - Retablo
SKU: PRTB-114-2

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2016/2017
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(13 1/2" h. x 8" w. x 3" d.)

$700

Product Status: 
Sold
Adam and Eve in Eden
SKU: GBA-2113

Recycled steel oil-drum (34"h. x 18 1/2"w. x 4"d.), Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, 2021

$650

Product Status: 
Sold
Eden
SKU: TF-2204

Family studio of Toyin Folorunso (signature is ambiguous).  Oshogbo, Nigeria, 2021-22
Hammered aluminum relief
(20"h.  x 16 1/4” w).

$550

Product Status: 
Sold
Michoacan Diablo Mask with Snakes
SKU: MXM-153

Unsigned diablo mask from Michoacan. Style of Horta family.
Late-20th century
wood, oil paint
(9.5” h. x 10.25” w. x 5.75” d.)
From a private collection.

$225

Product Status: 
Sold
Garden of Eden
SKU: TF-1903

2018
Hammered aluminum relief
(15 5/8" h x 10 1/8"w).
 

$225

Product Status: 
Sold
Shipibo Cloth
SKU: SHPC-82

c.2020
Cotton fabric with design hand-drawn with natural dyes .
(60" h. x 60" w.) Partial view.

$165

Product Status: 
Sold
Embroidered Shipibo Cloth
SKU: SHPC-58

c.2015
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and cotton embroidery design
(21" h. x 21" w.)

$120

Product Status: 
Sold
Snake - Shipibo Cloth Runner
SKU: SHPC-81

c.2020
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and hand-drawn design.
(60" h. x 13" w.)

$88

Product Status: 
Sold
 Shipibo Cloth Runner
SKU: SHPC-70

c.2015
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and hand-drawn design
(62" h. x 14" w.)

$75

Product Status: 
Sold