Specifications

• Height: 72 cm
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: ma dadatoko
• Price realised: € 2.480,-

Provenance

Lempertz, Brussels 24-10-18 lot 36

Publications

Additional information

The Tobelo speak a non-Austronesian language. It belongs to the Papua languages. It is therefore noteworthy that like the Papua of Southern Papua Barat, the Tobelo consider their shields as body with head, feet, eyes and arteries.