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001060 Nusa Tenggara, Flores, ancestor figure

001060 Nusa Tenggara, Flores, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 42 cm Material: wood Position: seated Gender: female Indigenous name: ana deo Provenance Former Amsterdam collection 1970; present collection unknown   Publications Ref. Molnar, Andrea K. (1999), Lio Ancestral Statuette, in Newton (ed.)...

001059 Sumatra, Batak, pair of ancestor figures

001059 Sumatra, Batak, pair of ancestor figures

SpecificationsHeight: 19 and 17 cmMaterial: wood, metalPosition: squattingGender: male and femaleIndigenous name: debata hidup (?)ProvenanceLoed van Bussel, The Hague, 1970s; American private collectionPublicationsHersey, Irwin (1991), Indonesian Primitive...

001058 Sumatra, Batak, funerary mask

001058 Sumatra, Batak, funerary mask

Specifications Height: ca 30 cm Material: wood, hair Position: Gender: Indigenous name: topeng Provenance Former Amsterdam collection 1970s Publications Additional information Toba Batak

000293-Sulawesi, Toraja, bowl

000293-Sulawesi, Toraja, bowl

Specifications Length: 32 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Provenance Thom Murray, 2001, Mill Valley Publications Thomas Murray (2001) Asiatica-Ethnographica, pl. 19 Additional information In the characteristic shape of a water buffalo,...

000219, Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy figure

000219, Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy figure

Specifications Height: 116 cm Material: wood, bone pigment Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: tau tau Price realised: est. Pound 1.800-2.200 Provenance Sotheby's London, 24-3-1984, lot 37 Publications Additional information Photo credits...

001057 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

001057 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 45 cm Material: wood, Position: seated Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Provenance Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam 1981; Peter van Drumpt, Amsterdam.   Publications Gronert, Walther a.o. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, 205 ill. 30  ...

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