Set of 10 old arrows New Guine Yapen Island , second half of 20th century - pana - Yapen - West Papua (No reserve price)
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Set of 10 arrows, 127 cm long, made of wood and bamboo, from the Yapen–Waropen region of West Papua, dating to the second half of the 20th century, provenance private collection, authenticity original/official, in excellent condition.
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Offered for auction is a very special and coherent set of ten traditional arrows from the Yapen–Waropen region of Geelvink Bay, present-day Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. The complete set was field collected in 1959.
The arrows were collected by a doctor who was living and working in the area at the time, providing medical services to the local population. This gives the group an interesting and unusually specific provenance. The ten arrows have remained together as one collection since 1959.
Each arrow was individually made and the set shows differences in the shape and construction of the points. Traditional arrows in the Geelvink Bay region were produced for different purposes, particularly hunting and fishing, and their form could vary according to their intended use. The arrows are fine examples of the considerable skill involved in producing functional weapons entirely from locally available materials.
The age and long preservation of the complete group are particularly attractive. Rather than being a collection assembled from individual arrows at a later date, these ten examples were collected together in the field in 1959 and have remained as a single set.
Origin: Yapen–Waropen region, Geelvink Bay, West Papua.
Material: wood and other natural materials.
Date: before 1959.
Provenance: field collected in 1959 by a doctor working among the local population.
Condition: good ethnographic condition with signs of age and use consistent with their history.
A rare and historically interesting group with an excellent early field provenance, and a fine addition to a collection of West Papuan material culture, traditional weapons or Oceanic art.
Will be packed with care
We send worldwide
ADRIAAN VAN DIS
besprak mijn beide boeken, dus ook het recente ‘Ik droomde dat je kwam’
Een prachtig en meeslepend boek vol verhalen over Papua, met een bijzondere mix van avontuur, cultuur en persoonlijke ontmoetingen. De auteur neemt je mee van Raja Ampat tot de Asmat, van Yapen tot de Vogelkop, in een warme en levendige vertelstijl. Inclusief fotokatern van Roy Villevoye.
Prijs: €22,95
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Kan worden meegezonden met de verzending, dus geen extra verzendkosten.
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Seller's Story
my wife Paula van den Berg and I, Koos Tuber, both anthropologists, traveling a lot through Papua New Guinea and West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides). We love local tribal arts, we collected thousands and thousands of artifacts, all authentic, sometimes old, sometimes more recently but mainly used objects in local traditional cultures. We are happy to give more detailed information about the artifacts we sell here on Catawiki. Please feel free to contact us.
Translated by Google TranslateOffered for auction is a very special and coherent set of ten traditional arrows from the Yapen–Waropen region of Geelvink Bay, present-day Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. The complete set was field collected in 1959.
The arrows were collected by a doctor who was living and working in the area at the time, providing medical services to the local population. This gives the group an interesting and unusually specific provenance. The ten arrows have remained together as one collection since 1959.
Each arrow was individually made and the set shows differences in the shape and construction of the points. Traditional arrows in the Geelvink Bay region were produced for different purposes, particularly hunting and fishing, and their form could vary according to their intended use. The arrows are fine examples of the considerable skill involved in producing functional weapons entirely from locally available materials.
The age and long preservation of the complete group are particularly attractive. Rather than being a collection assembled from individual arrows at a later date, these ten examples were collected together in the field in 1959 and have remained as a single set.
Origin: Yapen–Waropen region, Geelvink Bay, West Papua.
Material: wood and other natural materials.
Date: before 1959.
Provenance: field collected in 1959 by a doctor working among the local population.
Condition: good ethnographic condition with signs of age and use consistent with their history.
A rare and historically interesting group with an excellent early field provenance, and a fine addition to a collection of West Papuan material culture, traditional weapons or Oceanic art.
Will be packed with care
We send worldwide
ADRIAAN VAN DIS
besprak mijn beide boeken, dus ook het recente ‘Ik droomde dat je kwam’
Een prachtig en meeslepend boek vol verhalen over Papua, met een bijzondere mix van avontuur, cultuur en persoonlijke ontmoetingen. De auteur neemt je mee van Raja Ampat tot de Asmat, van Yapen tot de Vogelkop, in een warme en levendige vertelstijl. Inclusief fotokatern van Roy Villevoye.
Prijs: €22,95
Gesigneerd exemplaar
Kan worden meegezonden met de verzending, dus geen extra verzendkosten.
Wordt het niet meegezonden, dan komt er €4,- bij.
Seller's Story
my wife Paula van den Berg and I, Koos Tuber, both anthropologists, traveling a lot through Papua New Guinea and West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides). We love local tribal arts, we collected thousands and thousands of artifacts, all authentic, sometimes old, sometimes more recently but mainly used objects in local traditional cultures. We are happy to give more detailed information about the artifacts we sell here on Catawiki. Please feel free to contact us.
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Indigenous object name
pana
Number of objects
10
Ethnic group/ culture
Yapen
Country of Origin
West Papua
Material
wood and bamboo
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Set of 10 old arrows New Guine Yapen Island , second half of 20th century
Height
127 cm
Width
0.1 cm
Depth
1 cm
Provenance
Private collection
Authenticity
Original/official
