Specifications
- Height: 32,5 cm
- Material: wood
- Position: standing
- Gender: male
- Indigenous name: korwar
- Price realised: –
Provenance
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), acq. 1858; British Museum, Inv. nr. Oc.1935.1014.1
Publications
Ref.: Corbey, Raymond (2019), Korwar, Northwest New Guinea ritual art according to missionary sources, p. 95.
Exhibitions
Additional information
The figure holds two meandering snakes in mirrored image in his hand, beneath each hand another snake. There are no eyes, wether inlaid or carved. Compare fig. 66 in the Corbey publication.
Photo credits
Trustees of the British Museum