Specifications

• Height: 18-21 cm.
• Material: bamboo
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 1.150,- hp

Provenance

H.J.A. Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt, before 1914; Tropenmuseum until 1983; Christie’s Amsterdam 23-6-1983, lot 393; Aldo & Hannie van Eyck, Loenen aan de Vecht; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 11-12-2025, lot 597.

Publications

Herman F.E. Visser (1917), ‘Over de ornamentkunst van Seram’ in: Volkenkundige Opstellen, Amsterdam: Koloniaal Instituut, Plate 11, fig 6 ( for the container to the left of the photo)

Exhibitions

Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam ‘”Built Homecoming”: The House of Aldo and Hannie van Eyck’ 12/9/2024 – 15/1/2025.

Additional information

Since the early decades of the 20th century bamboo containers have rarely been researched. 

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam