Specifications

• Height:  174 cm
• Material: wood, cotton, plant fibre
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: tunggal panaluan
• Price realised: $ 18.750,-

Provenance

James Willis Gallery, San Francisco; Allan Stone (1932-2006) New York; Sotheby’s NY 15-11-2013, lot 30.

Publications

Willis, James & Morton Diamondstein (1979), Sculpture of the Batak.

Ref.: Newton, Douglas (ed.)(1999), Arts of the South Seas, p. 4 ill. 2.

Exhibitions

James Willis Gallery: Sculpture of the Batak, 15 May – 30 June 1979.

Additional information

Compare the Musée Barbier-Mueller inv. nr 3102-C and the Joseph Müller item auctioned at Christie’s London 20 March 1979 sale lot 227. for wands in a very similar style. 

Photo credits

Sotheby’s NY.