000491 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

Specifications

Height: 28 cm
Material: wood, glass beads
Position: squatting
Gender: male
Indigenous name: korwar
Price realised: Dfl. 4.612,-

Provenance

Joop Schafthuizen, Machelen, Christie’s,Amsterdam 12-5-1998, lot 132

Publications

Additional information

South Biak. The scissors-shaped coiling objects the figure is holding in his hands are probably snakes

Photo credits

Christie’s, Amsterdam

Contact Arnold Wentholt