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Lot 90

Spatula with "korwar" figure · Indonesia - West New Guinea - Cenderawasih-Bay (Geelvink Bay) · ID: 3047809

sold EUR 250

Provenance

Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands

Size

L: 52,5 cm

L: 20.7 inch

Description

wood, old collection label “Sago - Lepel. Geschenk van Papoea Ds. Koiboer. Nieuw-Guinea. November 1962.”

Comparing literature

Corbay, Raymond, Korwar, Northwest New Guinea ritual art according to missionary sources, Leiden 2019, p. 367

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