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001473 Moluccas, Tanimbar, stone ancestor figure
Specifications Height: 34.9 cm Material: chalkstone Position: standing Gender: Indigenous name: Price realised: $ 3.000-5.000,-) nc Provenance Frank Wiggers, California; Private collection, Boston, Skinner, Boston 14-12-2020, lot 22. Publications ...
001472 Timor, Ataoro, pair of ancestor figures
Specifications Height: ca 15 cm Material: wood, cotton Position: standing Gender: male and female Indigenous name: itara Provenance Faith-Dorian and Martin Wright, New York; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Acc. nr. B91.0222(a-b). Publications ...
001471 Sumatra, Batak, defensive figure
Specifications Height: 49 cm Material: wood, cotton, plant fibre Position: standing Gender: (fe)male Indigenous name: pangulubalang Price realised: € 6.500,- hp Provenance Private collection, The Hague; Veilinghuis De Zwaan, Amsterdam 17-11-2020, lot 3330....
001470 Sumatra, South Nias, Hilizihönö, ancestor altar
Specifications Height: 85 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: daro-daro ndra ama Provenance Paul Wirz, before 1927; Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum der Kulture), Basel. Publications Ramseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, nr. 8.; Gronert, Walter a.o....
001469 Nusa tenggara, West Sumba, Laoli, tomb figures
Specifications Height: 65 and 55 cm Material: stone Position: seated Gender: male and female Provenance Alfred Bühler expedition 1949; Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum der Kulturen), Basel. Publications Ramseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, nr. 6; Rouffaer, G. (1937),...
001468 Moluccas, Tanimbar, Yamdena, drum
Specifications Height: 97,5 cm Material: wood Position: Gender: Indigenous name: Provenance Paul Wirz, before 1919; Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum der Kulturen), Basel. Publications Ramseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, nr. 3 Additional information From...
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