an archive of Indonesian tribal art
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
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
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
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
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
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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