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001159 Borneo, Bahau-Modang Dayak, sword

001159 Borneo, Bahau-Modang Dayak, sword

SpecificationsLength: 76,2 cm.Material: wood, metal, rattanPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: mandauProvenanceEuropean collection, inventory nr. 732048 in white; Private collection, New York and acquired from above in 1992; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New...

001160 Moluccas, Leti, ancestor figure with offering recepticle

001160 Moluccas, Leti, ancestor figure with offering recepticle

SpecificationsHeight: 15,2 cmMaterial: woodPosition: squattingGender: maleIndigenous name, yeneProvenanceCollected in situ by the Royal Dutch Navy officer, G.J.H. Verbeek (1884-1957); by descent to his grandson 2017; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New...

001149 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Dayak, guardian figure

001149 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Dayak, guardian figure

SpecificationsHeight: 114,3 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: femaleIndigenous name:ProvenanceRusdy Chatib, Jakarta; Munir Djody, Jakarta; Karob collection, Boston, acquired from above 1981; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York.PublicationsBoston...

001148 Borneo, east Kalimantan, Dayak guardian figure

001148 Borneo, east Kalimantan, Dayak guardian figure

SpecificationsHeight: 116,8 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name:ProvenanceRusdy Chatib, Jakarta; Munir Djody, Jakarta; Karob collection, Boston; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York.PublicationsBoston College Art Gallery (1989),...

001147 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kenyah-Kayan Dayak, amulet

001147 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kenyah-Kayan Dayak, amulet

SpecificationsHeight: 9,5 cm.Material: woodPosition: twistedGender:Indigenous name: ProvenancePhilip Goldman, London; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York.PublicationsGoldman, Philip (1975), The Divine Gifts, fig. 76; Frank, Bruce (2016), Dayak Amulets:...

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