Specifications

• Height: 180 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: hampatong
• Price realised: € 75.000,-

Provenance

Néprajni Muzeum, Budapest; Emile Deletaille, Bruxelles, before 1970, Collection Z. Bruxelles ca 1970, Sotheby’s, Paris 12-12-2018, lot 43

Publications

Indonesisch Ethnografisch Museum Delft 1973, Kalimantan Mythe en Kunst, nr. 83, ill. 65 and 66

Additional information

Fine example of a spirit figure which deduced from the floral crown headdress and the fangs has its inspiration in Hindu iconography. The armless figure stands on his right leg, the other is slightly bent forward, suggesting movement.

Photo credits

Sotheby’s Paris