MASTERPIECE LONG-LEGGED BIRD EASTER ISLAND Barahona/Geisse Collection Start Price USD 100.00 Current Price USD 5,250.00 Time Left - Bid Count 21 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 Location Santiago See more about 'MASTERPIECE LONG-LEGGED BIRD EASTER ISLAND ' Description MASTERPIECE  LONG-LEGGED BIRD    EASTER ISLAND Century Barahona/Geisse Collection     With this piece we start a new sale of Tribal Art from the Barahona/Geisse Collection. This time we have selected approximately 40 pieces of Oceanic and African art specially Rapa Nui art.  Without the special characteristics of each piece, I want to emphasize that it’s an exhibition of history, beauty and magic.  With this I mean that the collection as a whole increases the singular value of each piece.  This because we have an almost complete trajectory of the Island’s history.  Each piece is a masterpiece on it’s own... the set, an exclusive, complete and valuable collection. You will see the physical description of the Rapa Nui dream.  Artifacts of religious and war uses, exclusive figures of the most classic Rapa Nui art and strange figures, very exclusive that you will hardly find on any other collection. MASTERPIECE LONG-LEGGED BIRD    EASTER ISLAND Barahona/Geisse Collection   The sample has a chronological sequence that clearly begins with this stylized zoomorphic figure of a long-legged bird carved with prehistoric tools. The roughness of the surface and the unique marks left by the chisel and obsidian knives confirm it’s ancient origin.  I do not know whether this piece has a mythological or religious meaning.  For my modest artistic sensitivity, this figure exceeds the figurative art and the magic surrealism, locating on a disjointed plan of everything that is known.  I locate this piece on a superior rank of art.  The plastic equilibrium of a stylized body, asymmetrical, curved towards the interior… it is not a random act of art; therefore the modality of sale for the more valuable pieces will be with a reserve price.I can not give a documented opinion of something so strange; I haven’t found information that leads me to visualize some kind of explanation. If we could make an analogy with the contemporary art I would say this is alternative art.   Provenance Acquired in the auction of the “Hacienda Melipilla” on 1929 ¿     – 1929 Hacienda Melipilla Collection 1929 – 1953  Manuel Barahona 1953 – 1991 Familia Barahona 1991 – 2008 Barahona/Geisse Collection Estimated value: unknown Probable data: 18th Century Height: 23 ¾  in.  (60,50 cm.).         Without the stand. Weight: 1 ¼ lbs. (0, 55 kg. aprox.) Very deep patina. The stand is included on final sales It is sold under the total satisfaction policy; you can return it up to 7 days after received, with no explanation whatsoever. The shipping expenses, insurance, eBay commissions, advertising and banking expenses, will be afforded by equal between the parts in case of devolution. This piece is sold with a very low staring bid                     For those ones who are interested, I wish you good luck   It will be delivered in a wooden box, specially designed for this great piece. The packaged and shipping cost is $ 96.00 for US and Europe, and $118.00 for Asia and Oceania. (DHL, TNT, FedEx) The auction winner will be contacted before 24 hours to agree the payment method. Payment conditions:  PayPal, Bank Transfer. KEY: easter island, isla de pascua, osterinsel, ile de pâques, polynésie, polynesia, tiki, océanie, océania, pacific rim, wood carved, carving, statuette, ethnographic, sculpture en bois, tribal art, moai   Place a Bid!