Specifications

• Height: 28,5 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: crouching
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: € 17.920,-

Provenance

Henry Blekkink, The Hague (1988-1953); Private collection, Amsterdam; Bonham’s, Brussels 17-12-2024, lot 165

Publications

Frans-Karel Weener (2012), ‘The Korwar Collection of Henry Blekkink’ in Tribal Art 63, p. 92; Corbey, Raymond (2019), Korwar: Northwest New Guinea ritual art, pp. 68, 77 and 111.

Exhibitions

Additional information

Biak

Photo credits

Bonham’s, Brussels