an archive of Indonesian tribal art
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
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
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...
000170 Papua, Asmat, shield
Specifications Height: 132 cm Material: wood, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasj Realised price: $ 12.000,- hp Provenance Father Joseph Viegen, collected in situ ca 1912; Rudi and Inge Janknecht, The Netherlands; Sotheby's NY, 18-11-2000,...
000349 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 180 cm Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: kawe Realised price: Dfl. 8500,- hp Provenance Leendert van Lier, Blaricum; Christie's Amsterdam, 15-4-1997, lot 118 Publications Additional information...
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