Specifications

• Height: 177 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: 
• Price realised: 5 28.520,-

Provenance

Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Brussels; private European collection; Lempertz, Brussels 29-1-2020, lot 354.

Publications

Ref.: Jonge, Nico de & Toos van Dijk (1995), Vergeten Eilanden, pp. 64-65; Kuhnt Saptodewo, Sri a.o. (eds) (2012), Maluku. Sharing Cultural Memory. pp. 58-59

Exhibitions

Additional information

Probably not Leti, but Damar, Sermata or Babar, pole figure representing the sky deity communing with the ancestral spirits. Below on the pole an erect penis is visible.

Photo credits

Lempertz, Brussels