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Korwar Statue

Artist Unknown (Indonesia (Geelvink Bay))
Place of OriginGeelvink Bay (Cenderawasih Bay), Indonesia
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Dimensions32 5/8 × 19 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (82.9 × 49.5 × 34.3 cm)
Mediumwood
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2024.17
Not on View
Published ReferencesAlleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 276-277. Newton, D., Arts of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 174, no. 4b Peltier, P. et al., Ombres de Nouvelle-Guinée. Arts de la grande île d’Océanie dans les collections Barbier-Mueller/Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Paris, 2006, pp. 39, 393, 394 et 395, Smidt, D., « Korwar. Images omnipotentes des morts en Nouvelle-Guinée/Korwar. Powerful Images of the Dead in New Guinea,” in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2003, no. 4, p. 142.Exhibition HistoryParis, Mona Bismarck American Center, Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, October 3 - November 25, 2006.
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