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001125 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

001125 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

SpecificationsHeight: 97 cm.Material: woodPosition: standingGender: femaleIndigenous name: kaweProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.Publications Additional informationCentral Asmat 

001126 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

001126 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

SpecificationsHeight:  cmMaterial: woodPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: yamateProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1960s.PublicationsRef.: Smidt, Dirk (2003), Kamoro Art, Tradition and innovation in a New Guinea culture.Additional informationThese...

001127 Sumatra, Batak, medicine horn

001127 Sumatra, Batak, medicine horn

SpecificationsLength:  cmMaterial: water buffalo horn, woodPosition: Gender: Indigenous name: naga morsarang, sahanProvenancePrivate collection, The Hague, 1970s.PublicationsRef.: Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter (2007), Batak Sculpture.Additional...

001130 Herbert Juan da Silva

001130 Herbert Juan da Silva

SpecificationsHeight:Material:Position: Gender: Provenance Publications Additional informationHerbert Juan da Silva (1923-1988), The Hague ca 1970, seated in his interior in front of a collection of Javanese wayang masks.

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...

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