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001025 Sumatra, Nias, sword

001025 Sumatra, Nias, sword

Specifications Length: 127 cm Material: iron, brass. wood, animal teeth, rattan Position: Gender: Indigenous name: balato Price realised: € 3.375,- Provenance Christie's, Paris 11-12-2017, lot 310 Publications Zonneveld, Albert van (2001), Traditional...

001024 Sumatra, Nias, crown

001024 Sumatra, Nias, crown

Specifications Diameter: 20 cm Material: gold Position: Gender: Indigenous name: tuwu Price realised: € 2.750,- Provenance Christie's, Paris 11-12-2007, lot 318 Publications Ref.: Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter (2013), Nias Sculpture, 222-223, ill....

001023 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure

001023 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 52,5 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 11.250,-(2009); € 21.250,- (2021) Provenance Colonial collection, The Hague, Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, Mathias L.J. Lemaire, Amsterdam,...

001022 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure

001022 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 46 cm Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 20.000,- hp   Provenance Christie's, Paris 11-12-2012, lot 61, Mandala Foundation, Singapore Publications Sibeth, Achim &...

000433 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

000433 Papua Barat, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 17 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 2.000,- hp Provenance Piet Ouborg (1893-1956), The Hague, before-1938, Lempertz, Brussels 28-4-2007, lot 15 Publications Additional information Compared...

000580 Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy

000580 Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy

Specifications Height: 120 cm Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: tau-tau Price realised: NC (€ 10. - 15.000,-) Provenance Rive-Gauche, Paris 8-9-2011, p-36 Publications   Additional information Carving is done in a modern...

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