Coupe "jifai" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Asmat, Village Buepis · ID: 3043703
Hoogerbrugge (1923 - 2014) served as transport agent of the Royal Dutch Shipping Company and subsequently as a UNESCO official in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, the backside covered with raised ornamental decor: female ancestor spirit in the centre, surrounded by “bipane” motifs and hand-like symbols, remains of kaolin inside the bowl, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, base.
Bowls of the Asmat were mainly used for food, furthermore they served for mixing colours which were needed for the painting of carvings.
L’objet Coupe “jifai” avec l’ID d’objet 3043703 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 10 mars 2018 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 18 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 200 €.
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Littérature comparée
Helfrich, Klaus u.a., Asmat, Berlin 1996, p. 71 ff.