Specifications

• Height: 37,5 cm
• Material: wood, 
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: € 17.482,-

Provenance

Probably Utrecht Missionary Society ( Utrechts Zendingsgenootschap); Henry Blekkink (1888-1953), The Hague 1930s; Private collection, The Netherlands; Veilinggebouw De Zwaan, Amsterdam, March 2015

Publications

Weener, Frans-Karel (2012), ‘The Korwar Collection of Henry Blekkink’ in Tribal Art 63, p. 93, fig. 29.

Additional information

Label reads ‘Korwar van Meokwoendi Padaido-eil.’ Commercial fabric covers the bottom part of the body.

Photo credits

Jan van Esch.