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000362 Nusa Tenggara, Atauro, pair of ancestor figures

000362 Nusa Tenggara, Atauro, pair of ancestor figures

Specifications Height:15 and 15,7 cm. Material: wood, plant fibre Position: standing Gender: male and female Indigenous name: itara Provenance Coppens Tribal Art Publications Catalogue Winter BRUNEAF 2015, 20-21 Additional information These figures were...

000159 Borneo, Sarawak, Dayak, Iban, mask

000159 Borneo, Sarawak, Dayak, Iban, mask

Specifications Height: cm Material: wood, pigment, human hair, cane Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Provenance W.O. Oldman Publications W.O. Oldman (1976) Catalogue of Ethnographical specimens. Vol. 102 nr. 6 Additional information...

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...

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