Korwar Statue

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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

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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.