Specifications

  • Height: 29 and 27,5 cm.
  • Material: water buffalo horn
  • Position:
  • Gender: 
  • Indigenous name:
  • Price realised: € 1.300,- hp

 

Provenance

W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950), collected in situ 1918; Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague 19-11-2020, lot 793.

Publications

W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp (1925), ‘Kunst van Timor’ in NION 9, 12, p. 373 left for the right item.

Additional information

The archaic motifs found on old Atoni spoons is clearly related to the Dong Son Bronze age period. Noticable are the bird figures flanking the central human figures, representing ancestor spirits.

Photo credits

Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague.

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