an archive of Indonesian tribal art
001515 Sumatra, Batak, funeral mask
Specifications Height: 34 cm Material: wood, hair, metal Position: Gender: Indigenous name: topeng Price realised: Provenance Collector Kunzmann; Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt am Main. Publications Vatter, Ernst (1926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p. 112,...
001517 Sumatra, North or Central Nias, ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 29,5 cm Material: wood Position: squatting/ seating Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: Provenance B. Hagen; Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt am Main. Publications Vatter, Ernst (1926), Plastik der Naturvölker, p....
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
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
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
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....
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