Specifications
- Height: 16,5 cm.
- Material: wood, tin foil
- Position:
- Gender:
- Indigenous name: epaku
- Price realised:
Provenance
Herman de Vries (1930-1999)
Publications
Keurs, Pieter ter (2002), ‘Manipa’s World. Enggano: Sources, Culture and Material Culture’ in Tribal Art no 28, pp 106-133.
Exhibitions
Additional information
The figure on top clad in tin foil is said to represent a slain enemy. The tubular hat worn by high standing women on ceremonial occasions. The slain enemy refers to fertility of the family and soil. These hats are – as all traditional objects hailing from Enggano – extremely rare.