Préfète Duffaut
Houngan Haitian Voodoo Painting Original Oil , 1964 circa
Oil on Board
23 1/2 × 15 1/4 in | 59.7 × 38.7 cm
Frame size : 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 2 in | 74.9 × 54.6 × 5.1 cm
Frame size : 29 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 2 in | 74.9 × 54.6 × 5.1 cm
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$ 18,000.00
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Houngan is an early Vodou-inspired spiritual work by Prefete Duffaut. A houngan (also spelled oungan or ougan) is a male priest in Haitian Vodou Spiritual Leadership: Serves as the leader...
Houngan is an early Vodou-inspired spiritual work by Prefete Duffaut.
A houngan (also spelled oungan or ougan) is a male priest in Haitian Vodou
Spiritual Leadership: Serves as the leader of rituals, ceremonies, dances, songs, and drum chants to evoke the lwa (spirits).
Healing
and Cleansing: Acts as a healer, spiritual consultant, and counselor,
overseeing traditional leaf medicine (medsin fèy), protective baths, and
cleansing rituals.
Life Milestones: Oversees community burials, funerary rites, child-naming/baptisms, and spiritual initiations.
Ward Off Harm: Works to protect practitioners and ward off negative or destructive spiritual influences
Prefete
Duffaut (Haitian, 1923-2012) Houngan, circa 1964, oil on board. Framed.
Size: 23.5'' x 15'', 60 x 38 cm (board); 29.5'' x 21.5'', 75 x 55 cm
(frame). Frame by House of Heydenryk. Provenance: Georges Nader,
Collection Mark Seidenfeld, New York.
Duffaut in Select Museum
Collections: MoMA, NY (1970 Accession, Given Anonymously); Milwaukee Art
Museum, (1979, 1991 1992 Accessions, Richard and Erna Flagg; 2018
Accession, Weiser Family)
A houngan (also spelled oungan or ougan) is a male priest in Haitian Vodou
Spiritual Leadership: Serves as the leader of rituals, ceremonies, dances, songs, and drum chants to evoke the lwa (spirits).
Healing
and Cleansing: Acts as a healer, spiritual consultant, and counselor,
overseeing traditional leaf medicine (medsin fèy), protective baths, and
cleansing rituals.
Life Milestones: Oversees community burials, funerary rites, child-naming/baptisms, and spiritual initiations.
Ward Off Harm: Works to protect practitioners and ward off negative or destructive spiritual influences
Prefete
Duffaut (Haitian, 1923-2012) Houngan, circa 1964, oil on board. Framed.
Size: 23.5'' x 15'', 60 x 38 cm (board); 29.5'' x 21.5'', 75 x 55 cm
(frame). Frame by House of Heydenryk. Provenance: Georges Nader,
Collection Mark Seidenfeld, New York.
Duffaut in Select Museum
Collections: MoMA, NY (1970 Accession, Given Anonymously); Milwaukee Art
Museum, (1979, 1991 1992 Accessions, Richard and Erna Flagg; 2018
Accession, Weiser Family)