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Catalogusnummer: 5641
Mentawei Island, a wooden knife, a bow, a bamboo arrow container with arrows and a pandan leaf headdress, collected by Reimar Schefold, in situ, 1967;
the wooden knife with bird shaped handle and a collection number 4536 on a small plaster; the arrow container, a bugbug, the lid with tufts of animal hair; the bow, a rourou, made of palmwood with animal tendon. All pieces are in his 1979 exhibition book ' Speelgoed voor de Zielen', with a drawing or a photo.
L. 50/192/95 and diam. 37 cm.
Provenance: Collection of prof. Reimar Schefold, Amsterdam. Exhibited in Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, 1979, Speelgoed voor de Zielen. and Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Christie's Amsterdam, june 1989. Knife, lot 177, page 119; Bow, lot 171, page 52; Arrows, lot 113, page 51 and Headdress, lot 178, page 74.
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