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001278 Papua, Lake Sentani, ancestor figure

001278 Papua, Lake Sentani, ancestor figure

Specifications Height: 92 cm Material: wood Position: squatting Gender: male   Provenance Paul Wirz (1892-1955) collected in Ifar village in 1921 or 1926; ex collection Museum für Völkerkunde, Basel; Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich. Publications Greub,...

001274 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

001274 Papua, Kamoro, ancestor board

Specifications Height: 126 cm Material: wood, pigments Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name: yamate Price realised: 5 1.417,- Provenance Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris 15-5-2002, lot 274; Collection M.L.; Cornette de Saint Cyr 1-6-2017, lot 18. Publications Ref.: Smidt,...

001273 Borneo, Dayak, staff

001273 Borneo, Dayak, staff

Specifications Height: 50 cm Material: liana wood Position:  Gender:  Price realised: € 1.170,- Provenance Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris 11-6-2018, lot 162. Publications   Additional information In the Dayak concept anything found in nature which has an...

001271 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

001271 Papua, Northwest Asmat, war shield

Specifications Height: 154 cm Material: wood, pigments, sago leaf Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name: Price realised: $ 4.750,- Provenance Estate of William Jamieson, Toronto, Canada; Bonham's Los Angeles 11-5-2016, lot 39. Publications   Additional information...

001270 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Bahau Dayak, mask

001270 Borneo, East Kalimantan, Bahau Dayak, mask

Specifications Height: 28,5 cm Material: wood Position:  Gender:  Indigenous name: hudoq Price realised: € 7.877,- Provenance Steven Alpert, collected in situ 1960s; William Brill, New York; Peter Wengraf, London; Private collection West Coast USA; Sotheby's New York,...

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