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001519 Sumatra, Enggano, crouching figure

001519 Sumatra, Enggano, crouching figure

Specifications Height: 14 cm. Material: wood Position: crouching Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised:   Provenance Carl Benjamin Hermann Baron von Rosenberg (1817-1888) acq. before 1852; Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt; lost due to bombing during WW2....

001518 Papua, Northwest Asmat, Unir river, ancestor figure

001518 Papua, Northwest Asmat, Unir river, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 105 cm. Material: wood, feather, cassoway peg, seeds Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: kawe Price realised:   Provenance Paul Wirz (1892-1955) collected between 1916 and 1925; Museum der Kulturen, Basel. Publications Vatter,...

001520 Borneo, Sarawak, Melanau, cure figure

001520 Borneo, Sarawak, Melanau, cure figure

Specifications Height: 35 cm. Material: wood Position:seated Gender:male Indigenous name: belum Price realised:   Provenance Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne inv. nr. 23269. Publications Vatter, Ernst (1926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p. 167, fig. 98; Ref....

001516 Timor, pair of ancestor figures

001516 Timor, pair of ancestor figures

Specifications Height: 110 and 124 cm. Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male, female Indigenous name: ai tos Price realised:   Provenance Collector Hauck; Linden Museum Stuttgart 79149,8. Publications Vatter, Ernst (1926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p....

001512 Sumatra, Enggano, woman’s headdress

001512 Sumatra, Enggano, woman’s headdress

Specifications Height: 13 cm. Material: wood. tin Position: Gender: Indigenous name: epaku Price realised:   Provenance Carl Benjamin Hermann Baron von Rosenberg (1817-1888); Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt; lost due to bombing in WW2. Publications Vatter,...

001521 Moluccas, Leti, wooden flag-head

001521 Moluccas, Leti, wooden flag-head

Specifications Height:  35 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name:kairenanu or Uplera haire Price realised:   Provenance Rautenstrauch Joest Museum Publications Vatter, Ernst (1926), Religiöse Plastik der Naturvölker, p. 169, ill. 99; Ref.:...

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