by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 22, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Height: 61,5 cm Material: wood, cassowary skin, bark Position: Gender: Indigenous name: wachu Price realised: € 1.000,- hp Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands, Arts _ Antiques Group, Amsterdam 17-12-2018, lot 366 Publications Ref.: Kooijman,...
by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 10, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Height: 14 cm Material: wood, glass bead, trade cotton Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: aiwo Provenance Hans van Drumpt (1939-2015), Maastricht, Erik-Farrow, San Rafael, Cal. Publications Additional information Waropen region? Photo...
by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 10, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Height: 15 cm Material: wood Position: not clear Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.440,- Provenance Christie’s, Paris 7-6-2005, lot 106 Publications Corbey, Raymond (2019), Korwar, p. 265, fig. 216. Additional information The shape...
by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 10, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Height: 11,5 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: aiwo Provenance The amulet has a white inscribed text reading ‘L. 1699/1246 111826 Kibler Hol. N.G. Waropen’, Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York Publications...
by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 7, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Length: 73 cm Material: iron, wood, brass, rattan Position: Gender: Indigenous name: balato Price realised: € 2.200,- Provenance Jan van Riel (1907-1988), Tilburg, De Zwaan, Amsterdam 13-11-15, lot 3246 Publications Additional information The power ball...
by Arnold Wentholt | Jan 7, 2019 | Objects
Specifications Length: 127 cm Material: iron, brass. wood, animal teeth, rattan Position: Gender: Indigenous name: balato Price realised: € 3.375,- Provenance Christie’s, Paris 11-12-2017, lot 310 Publications Zonneveld, Albert van (2001), Traditional Weapons...
