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001697 Papua, Lake Sentani, dance staff

001697 Papua, Lake Sentani, dance staff

Specifications Height: cm. Material: wood, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name:  Price realised: Provenance Jacques Viot 1929; Emile Bouchard; John and Marcia Friede, Rye; Irene and Richard Beard. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information...

001696 Papua, Wildeman River, Citak, Asmat, war shield

001696 Papua, Wildeman River, Citak, Asmat, war shield

Specifications Height: 175 cm. Material: wood, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: yamasj Price realised: Provenance Forrest and Dorothy Thorsby, Missionary the Evangelical Alliance Mission 1950s; Rachel Thorsby Carlson; Michael Hamson, Palos Verde; Sophie...

001695 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Waropen, amulet

001695 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Waropen, amulet

Specifications Height: 22,6 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: Provenance Collected by Paul Kibler, ex-collection Linden Museum, Stuttgart, inv. nr. L 1699b/1439; Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich 1969; Anthony J.P. Meyer, Paris,...

001694 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, fisher’s amulet

001694 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, fisher’s amulet

Specifications Height: cm Material: dugong tooth Position: Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: Provenance Anthony J.P. Meyer, Paris; gallery flyer 29 May to 30 June 1997. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information     Photo...

001693 Sumatra, Batak, ceremonial sword

001693 Sumatra, Batak, ceremonial sword

Specifications Length: 66,5 cm. Material: wood, iron Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: piso halasan Price realised: Provenance Michael Backman, London july 2022 catalogue nr. 8561. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information The hilt shows...

001692 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, measuring stick

001692 Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak, measuring stick

Specifications Height: 50,5; figure 7 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: tun tun Price realised: Provenance Harvey and Anuschka Menist, Amsterdam. Publications   Exhibitions Additional information Concave limbs mimicking the...

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