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001355 Sumatra, Toba Batak, stopper

001355 Sumatra, Toba Batak, stopper

Specifications Height: 17 cm Material: wood, cotton Position: kneeling Gender: male Indigenous name: Provenance Private collection, Den Bosch Publications Rossel, Siebe & Arnold Wentholt (eds.)(2008), Tribal Treasures in Dutch Private Collections, 125. Additional...

001358 Sumatra, Batak, magic or medicine horn

001358 Sumatra, Batak, magic or medicine horn

Specifications Height: 52 cm Material: water buffalo horn, wood, plant fibre Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name: naga morsarang Provenance Private collection, The Hague Publications Rossel, Siebe & Arnold Wentholt (eds.)(2008), Tribal Treasures in Dutch Private...

001360 Borneo, Sarawak or Kalimantan, shaman’s box

001360 Borneo, Sarawak or Kalimantan, shaman’s box

Specifications Height: 26,7 cm Material: wood, bark, rattan Position: Gender: Indigenous name: lupong manang   Provenance Vicky Shiba, Mill Valley Oct 2020 Publications Ref.: Heppell, Michael e.a. (2005), Iban Art. Sexual selection and severed heads, 155, figs....

001363 Sumatra, Lampung, comb

001363 Sumatra, Lampung, comb

Specifications Height: 16 x 13 cm Material: horn, metal, pigments Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name:   Provenance Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, Oct 2020   Publications   Additional information Two symbols seem to meet in this comb: the tree and the...

001353 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, ancestor figure

001353 Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 51,5 cm Material: wood, glass beads Position: squatting Gender: male Indigenous name: korwar Price realised: € 4.465,- (Christie's 2001); Sotheby's € 11.970,-   Provenance Loed van Bussel, The Hague; Herbert Juan da Silva, The Hague;...

001359 Borneo, Dayak, Central Kalimantan, soul ship

001359 Borneo, Dayak, Central Kalimantan, soul ship

Specifications Height: 31,7 x 48 cm Material: wood, fibre Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name: banama tingang   Provenance Vicky Shiba, Mill Valley Oct. 2020   Publications Ref.; Rossel & Wentholt (2008), Tribal Treasures, p. 127   Additional...

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