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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.:...

000832 Borneo, East Kalimantan/Sarawak, Kayan Dayak, skull

000832 Borneo, East Kalimantan/Sarawak, Kayan Dayak, skull

Specifications Height: 19,5 cm Material: bone, resin, cowry Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: € 11.160,-   Provenance Lempertz, Brussels 21-3-2018, lot 43. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information 19th century Photo credits...

000909 Lombok, handle of a pestle

000909 Lombok, handle of a pestle

Specifications Height: 10,2 cm. Material: bone Position: Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 6.182,-   Provenance Binoche & Giquello, Paris 21-3-2018, lot 43. Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information Bone handle of a pestle...

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