Specifications

• Height: 27 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar

Provenance

Collected during the Mamberamo-expedition 1909; Henry Blekkink (1888-1953), The Hague 1930s; Private collection, The Netherlands.

Publications

Frans-Karel Weener (2012), ‘The Korwar Collection of Henry Blekkink’, in Tribal Art 63, p. 87 figs 5 and 6

Additional information

The korwar appears on a photograph taken during the Mamberamo expedition (Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, coll. nr. 10006136)

Photo credits

Jan van Esch, Eindhoven