Specifications

• Height: 33 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: Dfl. 7.500,- hp

Provenance

Leendert van Lier, Blaricum, Christie’s Amsterdam 15-4-1997, lot 193

Publications

Additional information

The squatting figure is holding the head of a diminutive figure in between his raised legs. The meaning is not clear and open to discussion. My guess would be that these specific figures were used in initiation rites.

Photo credits

Christie’s, Amsterdam