Specifications

• Height: 93 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: kawe
• Price realised

Provenance

Acquired in the field by dr. Willem Visser, physician, in the 1950s; on loan Museum Volkenkunde Leiden; Dorotheum, Vienna 15-12-2020, lot 10

Publications

Additional information

A rather expressionistic depiction of the body, with pronounced arms, hands and feet, notice the dots flanking the penis in line with nipples and knee-caps; hard wood carving.

Photo credits

Dorotheum, Vienna