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000443 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, ancestor figure

000443 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, ancestor figure

Specifications Height:33 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: Provenance Mrs. F. Bonafede, acq. in situ 1933; donated to British Museum 1960, inv. nr 1960.09.2 Publications   Exhibitions   Additional...

000370 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, amulet

000370 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, amulet

Specifications Height: 15 cm. Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: Provenance Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, California Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information On the back of the figure a notched...

000373 Moluccas, Leti, ancestor figure

000373 Moluccas, Leti, ancestor figure

Specifications Height:  14 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: female Indigenous name: yene Price realised:   Provenance Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, California, nr. 11950 Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information Usually female...

001511 Sumatra, North Nias, ancestor figure

001511 Sumatra, North Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 25 cm Material: wood Position: standing Gender: male Indigenous name: adu zatua Price realised: € 2.976,-   Provenance lempertz, Brussels, 29-1-2020, lot 206 Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information   Photo credits...

001510 Sumatra, Batak, gunpowder horn

001510 Sumatra, Batak, gunpowder horn

Specifications Length: 15 cm Material: water buffalo horn, metal Position: Gender: Indigenous name: salempang Price realised: € 744,- Provenance lempertz, Brussels 29-1-2020, lot 204 Publications   Exhibitions   Additional information     Photo...

001509 Moluccas, Tanimbar, ancestor figure

001509 Moluccas, Tanimbar, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 15 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: male Indigenous name: Price realised: € 5.704,- Provenance J. Groenhuizen Rotterdam/ Utrecht; Leo van Oosterom, The Hague; Lempertz, Brussels 29-1-2020, lot 199 Publications   Exhibitions  ...

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