Specifications

• Height: 50,5 cm.
• Material: wood, lime
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: $ 40.625,-

Provenance

Eliot Elisofon, New York, 1972; Frieda & Milton Rosenthal, New York; Sotheby’s, New York, ‘The Frieda & Milton Rosenthal Collection’, 14-11-2008, lot 72.

Publications

Ref.: Hoogerbrugge, Jac. 1967, ‘Sentani-meer, mythe en ornament’, in: Kultuurpatronen 9, p. 67

Exhibitions

Additional information

Fine example of a tray, locally called a toije or hoite, with a varan (araka) or frog (hikeh); used to serve fish or meat. The usual suspension hole is lacking here.

Photo credits

Sotheby’s, New York