001121 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

001121 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: wood, plant fibre, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasjProvenanceLoed and Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam early 1980s.PublicationsAdditional informationThe tjemen is an anthropomorph in standing position, partly carved in...
001120 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

001120 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 65 cmMaterial: woodPosition: squatting (?)Gender: Indigenous name: kaweProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.PublicationsRef.: Smidt, Dirk (ed.)(1993), Asmat Art, 91Additional informationVery unusual and in the meantime striking depiction...
001108 Papua, Asmat, platter

001108 Papua, Asmat, platter

SpecificationsHeight: 42 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jifaiPrice realised: € 3.968,-ProvenanceBodes & Bode, The Hague; Lempertz Brussels, 15-6-2016, lot 104PublicationsAdditional informationPlatters like these were only in use in...
001106 Moluccas, Halmahera, parry shield

001106 Moluccas, Halmahera, parry shield

SpecificationsHeight: 70 and 75 cmMaterial: wood, shell, plant fibre, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: salawaka, ma dadatoko (Tobelo)Price realised: € 1.860,-ProvenanceLempertz, Brussels 15-6-2016 lot 98.PublicationsPlatenkamp, J.D.M. (1988), Ideas and Values...
001107 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

001107 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

SpecificationsHeight: 20 cmMaterial: bone, coix seed, cockatoo feather, plant fibrePosition: squaattingGender: maleIndigenous name: ndambirkusPrice realised: € 3.720,-ProvenanceLempertz Brussels, 15-6-2016, lot 52.Publications Additional information  Contact Arnold...
001105 Papua, Asmat, ladle

001105 Papua, Asmat, ladle

SpecificationsHeight: 51,5 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 3.968,-ProvenanceCornelis Pieter Meulendijk (1912-1979), Rotterdam; Christie’s London 21-10-1980, lot 338; Loed and Mia van Bussel 1982, Amsterdam; private...