Specifications

• Height: 33,5 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: korwar

Provenance

Utrecht Missionary Society, Henry Blekkink (1888-1953), Private collection, The Netherlands.

Publications

Weener, Frans-Karel (2012), ‘The korwar collection of Henry Blekkink’, in Tribal Art 62 (spring 2012), 86-97, p. 95 ill. 33

Additional information

Label reads ‘Korwar Z. Kust Biak’ South Coast Biak. The diminutive figure in front is depicted with the legs spread, the feet on the shins of the larger figure.