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Ancestor figure "kawe" ·  Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3046697

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Jac Hoogerbrugge, The Netherlands (coll. in situ, 1967)
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch

Description

wood, residues of lime and red ochre, inventory no. “116”


The object Ancestor figure “kawe” with the object ID 3046697 was part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction on March 7, 2020. The object with the lot number 120 achieved a sales price of EUR 600 with an asking price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Hoogerbrugge Jac. & Simon Kooijman, Asmat Art, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Breda, 1976, ill. 104 f.


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