Specifications

• Height: 24,1 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male

Provenance

B.T. Webster, Bichester 1897, Sotheby’s, New York 24-11-1992, lot 8

Publications

J. Visser, Brussels sale catalogue 2008 Melanesian art, 3-5 ill. a

Additional information

Lbel attached to the back of the head reads ‘Idol name “korwar” from Wariap, an island off the coast of New Guinea which has been destroyed by earthquakes. B.T. Webster 1997 P. 1583’

Photo credits

Sotheby’s, New York