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Lime Gourd with Figural Stopper

Asei village, Asei island, Sentani people, Papua, Indonesia, d. mid-20th c.

Gourd and wood

18” h x 6½” d (45.72 x 16.51 cm)

Price: $900

 
 

Collected by Todd Barlin in Asei village in the 1990s from the owner, Seru Angee.

REFERENCES

Greub, Suzanne. Art of Northwest New Guinea: from Geelvink Bay,

Humboldt Bay, and Lake Sentani. New York: Rizzoli, 1992.

Kooijman, S. The Art of Lake Sentani. New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1959.

Taylor, Paul Michael, and Lorraine V. Aragon. Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer

Islands. Washington: The National Museum of Natural History, 1991.

Tropenmuseum. Budaya Indonesia: Kunst En Cultuur in Indonesie = Arts and Crafts

in Indonesia. Amsterdam: Tropenmuseum-Royal Tropical Institute, 1987 [1955].

 
 
 
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