Seated Korwar Figure

Geelvink Bay, West Papua
19th–early 20th c
11 ¾ x 4 ¼ x 5 ¼ in (30 x 11 x 13.5 cm)
Wood, Shell inlay
Price on Request

Ex Leendert Van Lier Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Bob Heyman to Michael Grebanier.

Leendert Van Lier (1910-1995) was a renowned dealer of fine and tribal art. He began with the firm Kustzaal Van Lier in 1950, on the Rokin in Amsterdam. Later he worked as a private dealer, from 1955 to 1961 in Utrecht, from 1961 to 1968 in Veere, Zeeland, and from 1968 until his death in Blaricum. Michael Grebanier, was a famous musican, the principal cellist of the San Francisco Symphony.

Published in Korwars and Korwar Style, by Th. P. van Baaren

This Korwar has stylistic affinities for Bulul rice deities found among the Ifugao People of the Cordillera, Northern Luzon, Philippines.