Specifications

• Height: 54,5 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: tun-tun
• Price realised: € 12.880,-

Provenance

Jean Claude Bellier, Binoche & Giquello, Paris 22-6-17, lot 2

Publications

Ref.: Heppell, Michael & Limbang Anak Melaka (1988), ‘Iban Tuntun’ in Arts of Asia, March-April 1988, 64-69, fig. 9

Additional information

Squatting ‘human’ figure from the Pantu area depicting Sera Guntung, grandson of Singalang Burong, the foremost Iban god, who taught the Iban the procedures for festivals, bird omens, the laws of incest and many other things (Heppell). Notice the small struts between elbows and knees and the neck bent forward.

Photo credits

Binoche & Giquello, Paris