Specifications

• Height: 68,5 cm
• Material: wood, feathers
• Position: standing
• Gender: female
• Indigenous name: kawe
• Price realised: € 1.200-1.600,- nc

Provenance

Colonial government official, collected in situ in the 1950s; Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague 19-11-2020, lot 838.

Publications

Additional information

Style Northwest Asmat, Pomasj or Por river area. Along the arms and thighs tattoos have been in carved in low relief. Traces of red and white pigments.

Photo credits

Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague