Specifications

• Height: 24,5 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: € 3.108,-

Provenance

Jan van Riel, Tilburg, De Zwaan, Amsterdam 13-11-2015, lot 3206

Publications

Additional information

Sturdy figure with flattened details holding the poles of a panel in between. Notice the configuration of the panel which on first sight seems to be built-up in three coils, but on closer inspection the upper part consists of two holes or eyes. This design owes to patterns seen on war shields in the southern lowlands of Papua, northeastern Asmat and Yaqay and where these certain patterns are referred to as anthropomorphic.

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam