Specifications

• Height:  cm
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: korwar
• Price realised: € 1.700,- hp

Provenance

Venduehuis, The-Hague 15-12-16, lot 3561

Publications

Ref. Greub, Suzanne (1992) Art of Northwest New Guinea, 20

Additional information

According to Van Baaren in Greub (op. cit) ‘Small representations of a korwar are put on a great many objects of daily use. This serves to keep the surviving relatives in contact with the ancestors and thus always to be sure of their nanek, their powerful blessing.’