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. 

 

Photo credits

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