Specifications

• Height: 32,5 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: –

Provenance

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), acq. 1858; British Museum, Inv. nr. Oc.1935.1014.1

Publications

Ref.: Corbey, Raymond (2019), Korwar, Northwest New Guinea ritual art according to missionary sources, p. 95.

Exhibitions

Additional information

The figure holds two meandering snakes in mirrored image in his hand, beneath each hand another snake. There are no eyes, wether inlaid or carved. Compare fig. 66 in the Corbey publication.

Photo credits

Trustees of the British Museum