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000947 Sumatra, Nias, armlet

000947 Sumatra, Nias, armlet

Specifications Height: 7,5 cm Material: clamshell Position: Gender: Indigenous name: töla gasa Price realised: € 1.178,- Provenance Lempertz Brussels, -24-10-18, lot 21 Publications Ref.Gronert a.o. )1990', Nias Tribal Tresures, 276-278 Additional...

000945 Bali, ancestor figure

000945 Bali, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 60 cm Material: terracotta Position: seated? Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.700,- hp Provenance De-Zwaan, Amsterdam 6-11-18, lot 3385- Publications Ref.: Haags Gemeentemuseum 1961, De kunst van Bali, verleden en...

000355 Sulawesi, Toraja, human figure

000355 Sulawesi, Toraja, human figure

Specifications Height: 135 cm Material: wood, cotton, pigments, bone Position: standing Gender: Indigenous name: tau-tau Price realised: € 5.000,- hp Provenance Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Zemanek, Würzburg 13-3-2010, lot 7 Publications Additional...

000169 Sulawesi, Toraja, human head

000169 Sulawesi, Toraja, human head

Specifications Height: 57 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: head of a tau-tau Price realised: € 6.000,- Provenance Sotheby's,Paris 30-09-02, lot 78 Publications Additional information The ridge around the eyes is an uncommon feature; the...

000167 Moluccas, Tanimbar, sword

000167 Moluccas, Tanimbar, sword

Specifications Length: 80 cm Material: iron,wood, bone, plant fibre Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 4.800,- Provenance Steven Alpert, Dallas, Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Baudouin De Grunne, Sothebys Paris 3-12-2004, lot 29 Publications...

000620 Sumatra, Batak, container

000620 Sumatra, Batak, container

Specifications Height: 12,3 cm Material: wood, plant fibre, metal, porcelain Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: guri-guri Provenance Sammlung Heinze around 1900, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt am Main Publications Agthe, Johanna (1979)...

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