korwar style

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Wooden korwar figure with skull, from Pulau Biak, Teluk Sarera (Geelvink Bay), Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), Indonesia; in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Neth.

Canoe prow, wood, paint, and cassowary feathers, from Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya; in the Basel (Switz.) Museum of Cultures.

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korwar style: Media

carving

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Wooden korwar figure with skull, from Pulau Biak, Teluk Sarera (Geelvink Bay), Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), Indonesia; in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Neth.

Wooden korwar figure with skull, from Pulau Biak, Teluk Sarera (Geelvink...

Holle Bildarchiv, Baden-Baden, Ger.

Canoe prow, wood, paint, and cassowary feathers, from Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya; in the Basel (Switz.) Museum of Cultures.

Canoe prow, wood, paint, and cassowary feathers, from Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya; in...

Basel (Switz.) Museum of Cultures (Vb 5980); photograph, P. Horner

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