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000680 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Biak, ancestor figure

000680 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Biak, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 25,5 cm. Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 7.800,-   Provenance Native, Brussels 9-6-2012, lot 104. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information The diminutive figure placed in...

000669 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Doreh Bay, ancestor figure

000669 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Doreh Bay, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 25 cm. Material: wood, glass beads Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 6.000,- hp   Provenance Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam; Lempertz, Brussels 26-1-2016, lot 112. Publications   Exhibitions  ...

000371 Moluccas, Tanimbar, ancestor figure

000371 Moluccas, Tanimbar, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 6,5 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: female Indigenous name: Price realised:   Provenance Herman de Vries; Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, nr. 11794. Publications Ref.: Wentholt, Arnold (2016), 'Bladerend door de foto-albums van...

000128 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kayan, blowgun blade

000128 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Kayan, blowgun blade

Specifications Height: 39,4 cm. Material: iron Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: $ 5.000,- hp   Provenance Bonham's, Los Angeles 2-12-2015, lot 28. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information Rare blowgun tip, the lowe part of...

000124 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

000124 Papua, Asmat, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 73 cm. Material: wood, pigments Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: kawe Price realised: € 800,- hp   Provenance Zemanek, WÜrzburg 31-10-2015, lot 66. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information   Photo...

000440 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Rom (?), ancestor figure

000440 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Rom (?), ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 30 cm Material: wood, trade beads (glass) Position: standing Gender: Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: - Provenance Acquired by Henry Ogg Forbes, naturalist (1851-1932) before 1888; donation Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826-1897) to British...

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