an archive of Indonesian tribal art
001590 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Schouten Islands, Biak, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 24 cm. Material: wood Position: seated Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 9.005,- hp Provenance W.E.C. Veen (1890-1940), government official in the Dutch East-Indies, acq. before 1930; thence through family descent; Van Spengen,...
001589 Papua, Yos Sudarso Bay, daggers
Specifications Height:31 and 39 cm. Material: cassowary bone or femur Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 8.505,- hp Provenance W.E.C. Veen, government official in the Dutch East-Indies, acq. in the 1910s; thence trough family descent; Van Spengen,...
001588 Papua, Yos Sudarso or Sentani Lake, staff
Specifications Height: 56 cm. Material: wood, plant fibre, pigments Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 3.005,- hp Provenance W.E.C. Veen (1890-1940), government official in th e Dutch East-Indies, acq. in the 1910s; thence through family descent; Van...
Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 23 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 4.640,- hp Provenance W.E.C. Veen (1890-1940), government official in the Dutch East-Indies, acq. 1910s; thence through family descent; Van Spengen, Hilversum...
001586 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, amulet
Specifications Height: 24 cm. Material: wood, glass beads, fibre Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 2.500,- hp Provenance W.E.C. Veen, government official in the Dutch East-Indies, acq. 1910s; thence through family decent; Van Spengen, Hilversum...
001585 Papua, Sentani Lake, ceremonial hook
Specifications Height:43 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: intau Price realised: € 11.005,- Provenance W.E.C. Veen (1890-1940), government official in the Dutch East-Indies, acq in the 1910s; thnce through family descent; Van Spengen, Hilversum...
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