Specifications
- Height: 105 cm.
- Material: wood, feather, cassoway peg, seeds
- Position: squatting
- Gender: male
- Indigenous name: kawe
- Price realised:
Provenance
Paul Wirz (1892-1955) collected between 1916 and 1925; Museum der Kulturen, Basel.
Publications
Vatter, Ernst 91926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p. 145, ill. 79.
Exhibitions
Additional information
An early example of Northwest Asmat ancestor figure, acquired on the Lorentz River (now Unir).