Specifications

• Height: 22 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: female
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 7.000,- hp

Provenance

Utrecht coll., Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris 9-12-14, lot 184

Publications

Ref,: Greub, Suzanne (ed.) (1992), Art of Northwest New Guinea, 65/70

Additional information

Although generally referred to as Humboldt Bay (Teluk Yos Sudarso) ancestor fugures, the centers for these figures was on the islands of Wakde and Yamna to the west of Humboldt Bay.