Specifications

• Height: 13,5 cm
• Material: wood, brass
• Position: 
• Gender: 
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 2.500,- hp

Provenance

Alfred Klinkmüller (1912-1977), Berlin; Zemanek, Würzburg 29-6-2019, lot 21

Publications

Additional information

Catalogue entry read ‘Bali’ and ‘keris handle’, but it is definitely a handle of Batak origin. It is a well worked-out configuration of a central singa figure with an anthropomorph below the muzzle. Two diminutive squatting figures on its head and a quadruped on its back bitten in the tail by a snake. On the sockle four anthropomorphic head with heart-shaped faces appear topped by a dog attacked by a snake. 

Photo credits

Zemanek, Würzberg/ Thomas Lother & Volker Thomas, Nürnberg