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001128 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

001128 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 44 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: (fe)maleIndigenous name: adu zatuaPrice realised: € 5.000,- hpProvenanceHein Westerop, The Netherlands ( collected on Java or Sumatra, between 1913-1928); Jan Kusters, Waalre; Marc Pinto,...

001131 Papua, Asmat, war shield

001131 Papua, Asmat, war shield

SpecificationsHeight: 155 cmMaterial: wood, pigment, sago leafPosition: squattingGender: femaleIndigenous name: yamasjProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague early 1970s.PublicationsAdditional informationExtraordinary type with oval board and topped by a...

001125 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

001125 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 97 cm.Material: woodPosition: standingGender: femaleIndigenous name: kaweProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.Publications Additional informationCentral Asmat 

001126 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

001126 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: woodPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: yamateProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.PublicationsRef.: Smidt, Dirk (2003), Kamoro Art, Tradition and innovation in a New Guinea culture.Additional informationThese...

001127 Sumatra, Batak, medicine horn

001127 Sumatra, Batak, medicine horn

SpecificationsLength:  cmMaterial: water buffalo horn, woodPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: naga morsarang, sahanProvenancePrivate collection, The Hague, 1970s.PublicationsRef.: Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter (2007), Batak Sculpture.Additional...

001130 Herbert Juan da Silva

001130 Herbert Juan da Silva

SpecificationsHeight:Material:Position: Gender: Provenance Publications Additional informationHerbert Juan da Silva (1923-1988), The Hague ca 1970, seated in his interior in front of a collection of Javanese wayang masks.

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