Standing male figure · Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani · ID: 3052789
Jac Hoogerbrugge, The Netherlands (coll. in situ, around 1956)
Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hoogerbrugge initially served as a transport agent and subsequently as a United Nations official in Indonesia and New Guinea. These positions allowed him to engage deeply with the ritual art of the ethnic groups living there.
In 1956 Hoogerbrugge was transferred to Hollandia, present-day Jayapua, and the capital of the Netherlands New Guinea. Here he quickly found his way to the native villages surrounding Lake Sentani and the Humboldt Bay (Raymond Corbey, Jac Hoogerbrugge, From Lake Toba via Lake Sentani to the Asmat, May 26, 2020).
Description
wood, base
Figurative works from the Lake Sentani area are extremely rare!
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3052789 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 169 at that time and is currently available for EUR 2,000 in Open sale.
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Exhibition
Paris, Parcours des Mondes, 2015 (Michel Thieme Gallery)