an archive of Indonesian tribal art
001547 Sumatra, Central Nias, two ancestor figures
Specifications Height: 35,8 and 39 cm. Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male and female(?) Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 3.200,- hp Provenance Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman (1881-1976), art historian and active in the Batavian art world from 1922 to...
001546 Sumatra, South Nias, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 34,9 cm. Material: wood, trade cloth Position: seated Gender: male Indigenous name: adu nuwu Price realised: € 7.500,- hp Provenance Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal; thence by descent to his son; Venduehuis, The Hague 9-9-2021,...
001548 Sumatra, Toba Batak-style, priest’s wand
Specifications Height: 192 cm. Material: wood, cotton, metal Position: Gender: Indigenous name: tunggal panaluan Price realised: € 750,- hp Provenance Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal; thence by descent to his son Adriaan; Venduehuis, The Hague...
001549 Sulawesi, Tolambatu, shield
Specifications Height: 119,5 cm. Material: wood, rattan, hair Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 1.000,- hp Provenance Dutch colonial collection acq. between 1902 and 1928; thence through descent in the family; Venduehuis, The Hague, 9-9-2021, lot...
001550 Moluccas, Seram, dance shield
Specifications Height: 75 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: salawaku Price realised: € 650,- hp Provenance Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal; thence by descent to his son; Venduehuis, The Hague 9-9-2021, lot 717. Publications ...
001545 Papua, Biak, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 30 cm. Material: wood, cotton Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 8.000,- hp Provenance Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal; thence by descent to his son; Venduehuis, The Hague 9-9-2021, lot...
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