Lot 675
A Group of Amazonian Shaman "Ledger Book" and Loose Leaf Drawings, 1970s, Shipibo, Peru, including 3 in book form: the first by author/artist Mrs. Magdalena Kajarijoelan-Abimi, age sixty years, red saddle stitch "Vaco Tekebboek", complete with 12 ink sketches, typed sheet with titles, 12 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; the second by author/artist Mrs. Delfride Aloena-Irkoejamo, age fifty years, green saddle stitch "Vaco Tekebboek", complete with 12 ink sketches, typed sheet with titles, 12 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.; the third unidentified, white spiral bound "Bienfang Sketch Diary", complete with 7 pages of ink sketches, variously inscribed index cards within, 14 in. x 11 in.; and seven loose sheet marker sketches, by artist Guillermina Santa Clara, age forty-six years, Lake Yarinacocha, variously inscribed en verso with artist's name, title, region, a summer of 1977 date, and/or the collector's name, each 14 1/4 in. x 9 3/4 in. (10 pcs.) Provenance: Collected by Daniel McLister, late 1970s. Note: A graduate of Union College in 1965, Dan McLister was a poet, a playwrite and an adventurer. In the mid-1970s he began amassing an impressive collection of ethnographic art from South America. McLister lived among the indigenous peoples of the region andand came to love their culture, art and simple, but expressive, way of life.
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