Specifications

• Height: 13,5 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: seated
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 992,-

Provenance

Michel Thieme, Amsterdam; Lempertz, Brussels 2-9-2021, lot 203.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

One can only guess to which purpose this tiny sculpture was applied. The posture is unusual and so is the headdress. A fine example relating to carving, it might have served the balian in Southeast Borneo, a karuhei, spirit server.

Photo credits

lempertz, Brussels