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001646 Papua, Lake Sentani, lime container

001646 Papua, Lake Sentani, lime container

Specifications Height: 30 cm. Material: gourd, wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: au (aubangka = empty of chalk) Price realised: € 3230,- Provenance Ben Tursch, Brussels; Native, Brussels 11-12-2021, lot 113. Publications Ref: Hoogerbrugge, Jac. (1967),...

001645 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Biak, ancestor figure

001645 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Biak, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 31 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 5960,- Provenance Harvey Menist, 1970s; Ben Tursch, Brussels; Native, Brussels 11-12-2021, lot 108. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional...

001638 Sulawesi, Central, machete

001638 Sulawesi, Central, machete

Specifications Height: 75 cm. Material: wood, animal hair, iron, rattan Position: Gender: Indigenous name: penai Price realised: € 650,- hp Provenance De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3501. Publications Ref.: Kaudern, Walter (1944), Ethnographical Studies in...

001644 Papua, Northwest Asmat, ceremonial dance pole

001644 Papua, Northwest Asmat, ceremonial dance pole

Specifications Height: 300 cm. Material: wood, pigments, sago leaf fibre Position: Gender: Indigenous name: omu Price realised: € 1.500,- hp Provenance De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3660. Publications Ref.: Gerbrands, Adrian (ed.)(1967), The Asmat, pp. 296-7....

001643 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

001643 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

Specifications Height: 163 cm. Material: wood, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 3.000,- hp Provenance Dutch private collection; Michel Thieme, Amsterdam; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3624. Publications   Exhibitions  ...

001642 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, ancestor figure

001642 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 26,2 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 3.400,- hp Provenance Dutch private collection; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3569. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional...

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