Specifications

• Height: 19 and 17 cm
• Material: wood, metal
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male and female
• Indigenous name: debata hidup (?)

Provenance

Loed van Bussel, The Hague, 1970s; American private collection

Publications

Hersey, Irwin (1991), Indonesian Primitive Art, 28 ill. 18

Additional information

Toba Batak. Hersey proposes these carvings are pagar figures. Rather small for debata hidup figures, they possess the commemorative pose found on graves for people of noble descent.