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001641 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

001641 Papua, Central Asmat, war shield

Specifications Height:195 cm. Material: wood, pigments, sago leaf Position: Gender: Indigenous name: jamasj Price realised: € 1.350,- hp Provenance J.C. Baarspul, acting Governor Dutch New Guinea, 1958; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3553. Publications  ...

001640 Nusa Tenggara, Timor, ancestor figure

001640 Nusa Tenggara, Timor, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 43,5 cm. Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 2.200,- hp Provenance Dutch private collection, The Hague; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3552. Publications Ref.: Brakel, J.H. van e.a. (1987),...

001639 Nusa Tenggara, Sumba, ceremonial betel bag

001639 Nusa Tenggara, Sumba, ceremonial betel bag

Specifications Height:  33 cm. Material: glass beads, gourd, plant fibre Position: Gender: Indigenous name: kalumbut muti Price realised: € 2.800,- hp Provenance Private German collection, Cologne; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 9-11-2021, lot 3546. Publications  ...

001636 Sumatra, Nias, head adornments

001636 Sumatra, Nias, head adornments

Specifications Length: cm Material: gold, glass beads, plant fibre Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 50.400,- Provenance Steven G. Alpert, dallas; Everett Rassiga, New York; Private collection, New York; Tambaran Gallery, New York; Private American...

001635 Sumatra, Central or North Nias, ancestor figure

001635 Sumatra, Central or North Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 37,5 cm. Material: wood Position: standing Gender: female Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 27.720,- Provenance Willem Leonard Steinhart (1898-1982), missionary of Nederlands Luthersch Genootschap (Dutch Lutheran Society); Henry...

001634 Borneo, Kayanic Dayak, baby carrier

001634 Borneo, Kayanic Dayak, baby carrier

Specifications Height: 33,5 cm. Material: wood, shell Position: Gender: Indigenous name: ba'a Price realised: € 11.970,- Provenance Dutch private collection; Sotheby's, Paris 8-11-2021, lot 26. Publications Grunne, Bernard de (2015), Dayak from Borneo, pp. 74-89....

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