an archive of Indonesian tribal art
001223 Papua Barat, Wakda-Yamna, canoe ornament
SpecificationsHeight: 25 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentsPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.800,- hpProvenanceGustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902-1982)Bad Homburg, Germany; Kunsthandel Klefisch 12-5-2007, lot 224; Anthony Meyer...
000591 Sumatra, Batak, Toba, protective figure
SpecificationsHeight: 53,3 cmMaterial: wood, plant fibresPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name: pagarPrice realised: EP 6.-9.000,- NCProvenanceRobert and Helen Kuhn; Sotheby's London 25-6-1984, lot 35; American Collection...
001222 Sumatra, Batak, Toba, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 34 cmMaterial: wood, aluminium (?)Position: squattingGender: femaleIndigenous name: debata hidupProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague/Amsterdam; Adrian Schlag, Paris 2019PublicationsRotterdam Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde...
001220 Moluccas, Tanimbar, Yamdena, large drum
SpecificationsHeight: 97,5 cmMaterial: woodPosition: Gender: Indigenous name:ProvenanceAcquired through purchase Paul Wirz, 1919; Museum der Kulturen, Basel.PublicationsRamseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, III/3Additional informationRamseyer quoting Drabbe...
001219 Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Murung River, Ngaju Dayak, ceremonial mat
SpecificationsLength: 174 x 83,5 cmMaterial: rattanPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: ProvenanceC. Barth; Museum der Kulturen, Basel (inv. nr. IIc14423)PublicationsRamseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, ill. III/5.Additional informationThis mat shows a scene of...
001218 Nusa Tenggara, West Sumba, Lauli, Tabelar, pair of ancestor figures
SpecificationsHeight: 65 and 55 cmMaterial: chalk stonePosition: seatedGender: male and femaleIndigenous name:ProvenanceCollected in village Tabelar, Lauli district, West Sumba by Alfred Bühler in 1949; Museum der Kulturen, Basel.PublicationsRamseyer, Urs...
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