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000953 Moluccas, Halmahera, Tobelo, shield

000953 Moluccas, Halmahera, Tobelo, shield

Specifications Height: 72 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: ma dadatoko Price realised: € 2.480,- Provenance Lempertz, Brussels 24-10-18 lot 36 Publications Additional information The Tobelo speak a non-Austronesian language. It belongs...

000922 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

000922 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 37 cm Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua  Price realised: € 18.750,- Provenance Pascassio Manfredi, Paris, Yann-Ferrandin, Paris, private-collection France, Sotheby's, Paris 13-6-18, lot 60...

000903 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

000903 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 28 cm Material: wood, cotton Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 5.000,- hp Provenance Friedrich Kramer 1875, Zemanek-auctions, Würzburg 5-11-16, lot 12 Publications   Additional...

000954 Sumatra, Nias, cuirass

000954 Sumatra, Nias, cuirass

Specifications Height: 62 cm Material: hide Position: Gender: Indigenous name: oröba Price realised: € 10.540,- Provenance Lempertz, Brussels, 24-10-18, lot 37 Publications Ref.: Gronert, W. a.o. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, 288-289 Additional...

000819 Sumatra, Batak, stopper for container

000819 Sumatra, Batak, stopper for container

Specifications Height: 12,7 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Provenance Bruce-Frank, New York 2-2017   Publications   Additional information Photo credits Bruce Frank, New York

000391 Sumatra, Mentawai, shield

000391 Sumatra, Mentawai, shield

Specifications Height: 102 cm Material: wood, coconut, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: kurabit Provenance Italian coll., Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, nr-31061 Publications Additional information The opposed spiral motive on the front and reverse...

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