Specifications

  • Height: 20-29 cm
  • Material: water buffalo horn
  • Position: 
  • Gender: 
  • Indigenous name:
  • Price realised: € 900,- hp

 

Provenance

W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950) collected in situ 1918, thence by descent; Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague, 19-11-2020, lot 798.

 

Publications

W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp (1925), ‘Kunst uit Timor’, in NION 9, 12, p. 374 second from left fot the central spoon,

 

Additional information

Archaic motifs abound in these spoons in which we find the human figure very often depicted in a squatting position with raised hands as is the case in the central spoon. This position is the burial position of the olden days and represents the defunct, i.e. spirit figure often combined with other spirit representations like birds.

Photo credits

Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague

Contact Arnold Wentholt

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