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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  

001121 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

001121 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: wood, plant fibre, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasjProvenanceLoed and Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam early 1980s.PublicationsAdditional informationThe tjemen is an anthropomorph in standing position, partly...

001120 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

001120 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 65 cmMaterial: woodPosition: squatting (?)Gender: Indigenous name: kaweProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.PublicationsRef.: Smidt, Dirk (ed.)(1993), Asmat Art, 91Additional informationVery unusual and in the meantime striking...

001108 Papua, Asmat, platter

001108 Papua, Asmat, platter

SpecificationsHeight: 42 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: jifaiPrice realised: € 3.968,-ProvenanceBodes & Bode, The Hague; Lempertz Brussels, 15-6-2016, lot 104PublicationsAdditional informationPlatters like these were only...

001106 Moluccas, Halmahera, parry shield

001106 Moluccas, Halmahera, parry shield

SpecificationsHeight: 70 and 75 cmMaterial: wood, shell, plant fibre, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: salawaka, ma dadatoko (Tobelo)Price realised: € 1.860,-ProvenanceLempertz, Brussels 15-6-2016 lot 98.PublicationsPlatenkamp, J.D.M. (1988),...

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