Dayak, early 20th century Borneo, Indonesia. Human skull with lower jaw, polished, incised ornamental and floral decorations, the lower jaw fixed by rattan, small missing parts (teeth), socle. In former times...
Large gable ornament of a man’s house carved with an ancestor figure, with a jutting ovoid head, surmounted by two parallel birds with disc shaped bodies and large downward curved beaks....
Borneo, Dayak, Ancient Trophy Headhunter SkullVegetables motifs in the forhead design, Beginning of the 20th century, Provenance: Former Belgian collection
Sepik River overmodeled human skull sculpted with a clay-like mass, painted in black, small traces of original painting, coiffure of real hair, Nassa snails. Small missing parts, slight traces of...
Large carved hardwood ornamental structure used as a support and a decorative frontispiece. It bears a stylized face embedded within an ornately carved and painted geometric pattern. Repainted and several...
Two paddles with flat, long, lentoid blades and central raised ridges, with long handles or flattened ovoid form. The shorter paddle is adorned with three relief squatting “Kokorra”, the powerful iconic...
GUINEA1st half 20th c.Carved wood, paint, woven fiberWithout stand: 94 1/2″ x 17″ x 9″Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New YorkThe Sawos people of the Middle Sepik River region of New...
Openwork headdress with dome shaped cap and long triangular flap along back. The thick woven fiber is covered with layered rows of nassa shells and border areas of larger cowry...
The tall figure stands on differentiated, muscular legs with knees slightly turned inwards, and short arms carved in relief on the body which end with hands on either side of his...
Ancestor skull “Ndambirkus” human skull, honey brown patina, the lower jawbone tightly attached to the skull with a cord-like material, the eye-sockets are filled with beeswax, decorated with grey seeds...
Ancestor skull “Ndambirkus” human skull, partly brown patina, the lower jawbone is tightly attached to the skull by a woven rattan band, the eye-sockets filled with beeswax, encrusted with the greyJob‘s-tear...