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000469 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, Biak, ancestor figure

000469 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, Biak, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 33,5 cmMaterial: woodPosition: squattingGender: maleIndigenous name: korwarProvenanceUtrecht Missionary Society, Henry Blekkink (1888-1953), Private collection, The Netherlands.PublicationsWeener, Frans-Karel (2012), 'The korwar...

001124 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

001124 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: wood, glass beadPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name: korwarProvenancePrivate collection, The Netherlands, 1986.PublicationsAdditional informationThe left hand touches the head of the three dimensional snake...

001122 Borneo, Modang Dayak, face mask

001122 Borneo, Modang Dayak, face mask

SpecificationsHeight: 49 cmMaterial: wood, pigments, mirror glassPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: hudoqProvenanceLoed and Mia van Bussel, The Hague 1970s. Irwin Hersey, New York (?); present whereabouts unknownPublicationsIrwin Hersey (1980), 'Collecting...

001118 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

001118 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

SpecificationsHeight: 188(?) cmMaterial: wood, pigment, plant fibrePosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasjProvenancePublicationsAdditional informationInteresting iconography of two human figures, the one above is male and the one below is female as can...

001119 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

001119 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: wood, pigment, sago leaf fibrePosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasjProvenanceArtis ? Tropenmuseum, AmsterdamPublicationsAdditional informationThis shield shares many characteristics with shields acquired along the...

001116 Papua, Asmat, Casuarina Coast war shield

001116 Papua, Asmat, Casuarina Coast war shield

SpecificationsHeight: 200 cmMaterial: wood, pigment, sago leaf fibrePosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasjProvenanceLoed and Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam, 1980s.PublicationsAdditional informationCasuarina Coast  

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