Specifications

• Height:28 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: walut
• Price realised: € 2.800,- hp

Provenance

Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 29-10-2025, lot 5603

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

Below the statue and sunk in the sockle is a peg to insert the figure on top of the tafu, altar. The stand was executed by Bertling himself and shows the tatse of the time. The photograph was taken in Northeast Sulawesi, ca 1928.

Photo credits

Veilinggebouw De Zwaan