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001536 Sumatra, Batak, female figure

001536 Sumatra, Batak, female figure

Specifications Height: 40,5 cm. Material: wood, metal, tin, cord Position: standing Gender: female Indigenous name: pagar Price realised:   Provenance Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, New York, to Yale University Art Gallery ILE2012.30.849. Publications  ...

000223 Sumatra, Batak, ancestor figure

000223 Sumatra, Batak, ancestor figure

Specifications Height:35 cm. Material: wood Position: standing Gender: Indigenous name: debata (h)idup Price realised:   Provenance Thomas Jaffe, New York; promised gift to Yale University Art Gallery ILE 2012.286. Publications   Exhibitions  ...

000405 Borneo, Kayan Dayak, rattan cutter

000405 Borneo, Kayan Dayak, rattan cutter

Specifications Length: 64 cm. Material: wood, shell Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 2.000,- hp   Provenance Regine and Guy Dulon; Binoche & Giquello, Paris 16-12-2015, lot 178. Publications The face resembles a Hudoq mask. Below the face...

000712 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kayanic Dayak, coffin end

000712 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kayanic Dayak, coffin end

Specifications Height: 20,3 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised:   Provenance Bruce Frank Primitive Art, NY. Publications Ref.: Johnson, Mark A. (2020), The Kayanic Tradition, plates 27-32. Exhibitions   Additional...

001535 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Dayak, amulet

001535 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Dayak, amulet

Specifications Height: 7,4 cm. Material: wood Position: crouching Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 350,- hp   Provenance John Barker, acq. 1970; Zemanek, Würzburg 28-5-2011, lot 4. Publications ref.: Wentholt, Arnold (2016), 'Coaxing the Spirits'...

001534 Moluccas, Babar, celestial or ancestral figure

001534 Moluccas, Babar, celestial or ancestral figure

Specifications Height:131 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 54.560,- Provenance Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Brussels 1975; Private European collection; Lempertz, Brussels 29-1-2020, lot 355. Publications...

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