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001028 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, Wandamen, ancestor figure

001028 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, Wandamen, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 25,4 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Provenance Collected in 1911/12, Christie's, Amsterdam 12-5-1998, lot 184, Private collection, The Hague, Bruce Frank Primitive Art, BRUNEAF winter 2019...

001027 Papua Barat, Lake Sentani, spoon/spatula

001027 Papua Barat, Lake Sentani, spoon/spatula

Specifications Height: 20,3 cm Material: (human?) bone Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.800,- hp Provenance Arnold Ap (1946-1984), private coll., The Netherlands, Arts & Antiques Group, Amsterdam 17-12-2018, lot 366 Publications...

001026 Papua Barat, Lake Sentani, drum

001026 Papua Barat, Lake Sentani, drum

Specifications Height: 61,5 cm Material: wood, cassowary skin, bark Position: Gender: Indigenous name: wachu Price realised: € 1.000,- hp Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands, Arts _ Antiques Group, Amsterdam 17-12-2018, lot 366 Publications...

000733 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, amulet

000733 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, amulet

Specifications Height: 14 cm Material: wood, glass bead, trade cotton Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: aiwo Provenance Hans van Drumpt (1939-2015), Maastricht, Erik-Farrow, San Rafael, Cal. Publications Additional information Waropen...

000626 Papua Barat, Cenderawasih Bay, amulet

000626 Papua Barat, Cenderawasih Bay, amulet

Specifications Height: 15 cm Material: wood Position: not clear Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.440,- Provenance Christie's, Paris 7-6-2005, lot 106 Publications Corbey, Raymond (2019), Korwar, p. 265, fig. 216. Additional information The shape of...

000713 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, Waropen, amulet/charm

000713 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, Waropen, amulet/charm

Specifications Height: 11,5 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: aiwo Provenance The amulet has a white inscribed text reading 'L. 1699/1246  111826 Kibler Hol. N.G. Waropen', Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York Publications...

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