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001107 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

001107 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

SpecificationsHeight: 20 cmMaterial: bone, coix seed, cockatoo feather, plant fibrePosition: squaattingGender: maleIndigenous name: ndambirkusPrice realised: € 3.720,-ProvenanceLempertz Brussels, 15-6-2016, lot 52.Publications Additional information ...

001105 Papua, Asmat, ladle

001105 Papua, Asmat, ladle

SpecificationsHeight: 51,5 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 3.968,-ProvenanceCornelis Pieter Meulendijk (1912-1979), Rotterdam; Christie's London 21-10-1980, lot 338; Loed and Mia van Bussel 1982, Amsterdam;...

001112 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

001112 Papua, Asmat, ancestor skull

SpecificationsHeight: 21 cmMaterial: bone, casuary feather, coix seed, plant fibrePosition: Gender: Indigenous name: ndambirkusProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.PublicationsAdditional information 

001110 Papua, Central Asmat, bowl

001110 Papua, Central Asmat, bowl

SpecificationsLenght: 72 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentsPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: ProvenanceLoed and Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam early 1980s.PublicationsAdditional information 

001109 Borneo, Kalimantan, Dayak, ossuary finial

001109 Borneo, Kalimantan, Dayak, ossuary finial

Specifications Height: 66 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 2.304,- Provenance Francois Coppens, Sint Niklaas; Dorotheum, Vienna 4-10-2021, lot 53. Publications Additional information Probably a ossuary (sandung)finial. Aso head...

001104 Papua, Yos Sudarso Bay (Humboldt Bay), drum

001104 Papua, Yos Sudarso Bay (Humboldt Bay), drum

SpecificationsHeight: 64 cmMaterial: wood, casuaris skinPosition: Gender: Indigenous name:Price realised: € 1.500 - 2.000,- ncProvenanceLempertz, Brussels, 26-1-2016, lot 104Publications  Additional informationThese drums were traditionally kept in the...

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