Tribal Art from Nepal and the Himalaya

Ghurra 9

Length: 21 cm    Weight: 200 gram

Ghurra 9, View A

Ghurra 9, View A

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Ghurra 10

Length: 12 cm    Weight: ca. 130 gram

Ghurra 2, View A

Ghurra 10, View A

Ghurra 2, View B

Ghurra 10, View B

 

Ghurra 11

Length: 15 cm    Weight: ca. 100 gram

Ghurra 6, View A

Ghurra 11, View A

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Ghurra 12

Length: 23 cm   Weight: 180 gram

Ghurra 12, View A

Ghurra 12, View A

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Ghurra 13

Length: 19 cm    Weight: ca. 190 gram

Neti 13, View A

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Ghurra 14

Length: 20 cm   Weight: 110 gram

Ghurra 14, View A

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Ghurra 15

Height: 34 cm   Weight: 490 gram

Ghurra 15, View A

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Ghurra 16

Height: 19 cm    Weight: 170 gram

Ghurra 16, View A

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Ghurra 17

Height: 35 cm    Weight: 550 gram

Ghurra 17, View A

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Ghurra 18

Height: 20,5 cm    Weight: 105 gram

Ghurra 18, View A

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Ghurra 19

Height: 32 cm    Weight; 355 gram

Ghurra 19, View A

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Ghurra 20

Height: 50 cm    Weight: 1,38 kilogram

Ghurra 20, View A

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Terracotta Statues 2

Height: 8 and 8,5 cm    Length: 13 and 12,5 cm    Weight: 185 and 160 gram

Terracotta Statues 2, View A

Terracotta Statues 2, View A

Terracotta Statues 2, View B

Terracotta Statues 2, View B

 

Terracotta Statue 3

Height: 7,5 cm    Length: 13 cm    Weight: 205 gram

Terracotta Statue 3, View A

Terracotta Statue 3, View A

Terracotta Statue 3, View B

Terracotta Statue 3, View B

 

 

 

 

Terracotta Statue 4

Height: 11,5 cm    Length: 14 cm     Weight: 440 gram

Terracotta Statue 4, View A

Terracotta Statue 4, View A

Terracotta Statue 4, View B

Terracotta Statue 4, View B

Terracotta Statue 4, View C

Terracotta Statue 4, View C

Terracotta Statue 4, View D

Terracotta Statue 4, View D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terracotta Statues 5

Height: 9 and 8 cm    Length: 11 and 12 cm    Weight: 175 and 150 gram

Terracotta Statues 5, View A

Terracotta Statues 5, View A

Terracotta Statues 5, View B

Terracotta Statues 5, View B

Terracotta Statues 5, View C

Terracotta Statues 5, View C

 

 

 

Terracotta Statue 6

Height: 10,5 cm    Length: 14 cm    Weight: 265 gram

Terracotta Statue 6, View A

Terracotta Statue 6, View A

Terracotta Statue 6, View B

Terracotta Statue 6, View B

Terracotta Statue 6, View C

Terracotta Statue 6, View C

 

 

 

Shaman’s Wooden Bracelet 1

Length: 17 cm

The bracelet seems to have the shape of a flying bat or vampire.

 

Similar shamans’ wooden bracelets from the collection of Jean-Luc Cortes have been published in

Art chamanique nepalais / Nepalese shamanic art. Galerie Le Toit Du Monde, 2007, p. 95.

 

Bracelet 2, View A

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Walking Stick with Zoomorphic Handle 1

Length of Stick: 105 cm    Length of Handle: 24 cm

 

Wooden Stick with Zoomorphic Handle, View A

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Walking Stick with Zoomorphic Handle 2

Height: 97 cm   Length of Handle: 20 cm

Wooden Stick with Zoomorphic Handle 2, View A

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Walking Stick with Zoomorphic Handle 3

Height: 115 cm    Length of Handle: 13 cm

Wooden Stick with Zoomorphic Handle 3, View A

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Unknown Object

 

Length: 93 cm   Weight: ca. 800 gram

 

Unknown Object, Total View

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Richly Decorated Walking (Shaman) Stick

Height: 114 cm

 

Decorated Shaman Stick, Upper Part

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Architectural Element 1

Height: 40 cm    Width: 5.5 cm    Weight: 915 gram

Architecture Element 1, View A

Architecture Element 1, View A

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Architectural Element 2

Height: 61 cm    Width: 5.5 cm    Weight: 870 gram

Architectural elements 2 (in the first picture on the right side) and 3 were acquired as a pair. Probably they were installed at the same temple.

Architecture Element 2 (right), View A

Architecture Element 2 (right), View A

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Architectural Element 3

 

Height: 54 cm    Width: 4 cm    Weight: 680 gram

Architectural elements 2 and 3 (in the first picture on the left side) were acquired as a pair. Probably they were installed at the same temple.

Architecture Element 2 (right), View A

Architecture Element 3 (left), View A

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Architectural Element 4

Length: 81 cm   Maximal Height: 25 cm   Thickness: 7 cm

Weight: 8,50 kilogram

 

Architectural Element 4, View A

Architectural Element 4, View A

Architectural Element 4, View B

Architectural Element 4, View B

Architectural Element 4, Detail a

Architectural Element 4, Detail a

Architectural Element 4, Detail b

Architectural Element 4, Detail b

Architectural Element 4, Detail c

Architectural Element 4, Detail c

 

Wooden Sculpture 1

Height: 54 cm    Weight: 2.4 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran (www.foto-petran.de)

Statue 1, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 2

Height: 54 cm    Weight: 6 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 2, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 3

Height: 27.5 cm    Weight: 1.2 Kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 3, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 4

Height: 63 cm    Weight: 3.1 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 4, Front View

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Wooden Sculpture 5

Height: 53 cm    Weight: 2.2 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 5, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 6

Height: 59 cm    Weight: 3.3 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 6, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 7

Height: 30 cm    Weight: 1.11 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 7, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 8

Height: 54 cm    Weight: 4,67 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 8, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 9

Height: 40 cm    Weight: 2,94 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 9, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 10

Height: 47 cm   Weight: 1,9 kilogram

Please notice the child on the back of the woman.

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 10, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 11

Height: 40 cm    Weight: 1.3 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 11, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 12 (Woman on Elephant)

Height: 78 cm    Weight: 2,27 kilogram

This sculpture originates from the Tharu people living in the Terai (Southern Nepal). 

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 12, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 13 (Four-Faced Protector)

Height: 47 cm    Weight: 1.97 kilogram

Photos by Alexandra Petran

Sculpture 13, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 14

Height: 38 cm    Weight: 1.95 kilogram

Wooden Sculpture 14, View A

Wooden Sculpture 14, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 15

Height: 66.5 cm    Diameter of Bottom: 5.5 cm    Weight: 810 gram

Sculpture 15, Front View

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Wooden Sculpture 16

Height: 80 cm    Weight: 10,05 kilogram

 

Sculpture 16, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 17

Height: 52 cm   Weight: 4.34 kilogram

Wooden Statue 17, View A

Wooden Statue 17, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 18

Height: 52 cm    Weight: 2.3 kilogram

 

Wooden Sculpture 18, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 20 (With Snake)

Height: 91 cm    Weight: 5.1 kilogram

Wooden Sculpture 20 (With Snake), View A

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Wooden Sculpture 21

Height: 54 cm    Weight: 1.75 kilogram

Wooden Statue 21, View A

Wooden Statue 21, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 22

Height: 36 cm    Weight: 620 gram

 

Wooden Sculpture 22, View A

Wooden Sculpture 22, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 23

Height: 36 cm   Weight: 1.02 kg

Wooden Sculpture 23, View A

Wooden Sculpture 23, View A

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Wooden Sculpture 24

Weight: 1,58 kilogram    Height: 50 cm

Wooden Sculpture 24, View A

Wooden Sculpture 24, View A

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