Specifications

  • Height: 105 cm.
  • Material: wood, feather, cassoway peg, seeds
  • Position: squatting
  • Gender: male
  • Indigenous name: kawe
  • Price realised:

 

Provenance

Paul Wirz (1892-1955) collected between 1916 and 1925; Museum der Kulturen, Basel.

Publications

Vatter, Ernst 91926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p. 145, ill. 79.

Exhibitions

 

Additional information

An early example of Northwest Asmat ancestor figure, acquired on the Lorentz River (now Unir).

Photo credits

Contact Arnold Wentholt

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