Specifications

• Length: 68 cm.
• Material: wood, pigments
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: runa
• Price realised: € 1.200-1.600,-

Provenance

French private collection?; Aguttes, Neuilly sur Seine 14-11-2008, lot 368.

Publications

Held, G.J. (1957), The Papuans of Waropen, 208-209.

Additional information

Rather large neckrest, which shows resemblance to the slave-block illustrated in Held. What is the purpose of the rectangular extension, now broken off in the centre? An example in the Tropenmuseum (TM-2855-7) collected before 1960 showa the same structure. Meanwhile the Alor dragon figures come to mind as a common reference.

Photo credits

Aguttes, Neuilly sur Seine