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000352 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

000352 Sumatra, Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 79 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender:male Indigenous name: sariha selawa Price realised: € 312.500,- Provenance Leendert van Lier (1910-1995), Blaricum; Christie's, Amsterdam 15-4-1997, lot 109 (Nlg 110.000,-); Michel Perinet...

000353 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

000353 Papua, Teluk Cenderawasih, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 37 cm. Material: wood, glass beads Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: Dfl. 7500,- Provenance Leendert van Lier, Blaricum; Christie's Amsterdam, 15-4-1997, lot 195 Publications Additional...

000336 Sumatra, Nias, two ancestor figures

000336 Sumatra, Nias, two ancestor figures

Specifications Height: 41 and 45,5 cm. Material: wood, pigment Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 7637,- Provenance Herbert Juan da Silva, The Hague; Christie's Amsterdam, 11-12-2001, lot 63 Publications Additional...

000171 Papua, Asmat, drum

Specifications Height: 152 cm Material: wood, lizard skin, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: em Price realised: $ 3000,- hp Provenance Rudi and Inge Janknecht, The Netherlands; Sotheby's NY, 19-5-2000, lot 149 Publications Additional information...

000221 Java, Priangan, container

000221 Java, Priangan, container

Specifications Height: Matrial: bamboo Position: Gender: Provenance Publications Wit, Augusta de (1907), Java, feiten en fantasiën, p. 58. Additional information Rare and old bamboo container engraved with floral and animal figures enclosed on both sides with a pucuk...

000089 Papua, NW Asmat, shield

000089 Papua, NW Asmat, shield

Specifications Height: 175 cm. Matrial: wood, plant fibre, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasj Realised price: (FF 60-80.000,-) Provenance Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, 5-12-1994, lot 59 Publications Additional information Photo credits...

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