Specifications

• Height: 17,8 cm
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: runa

Provenance

Paul Kibler (?), Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt; Ernst Heinrich Suttgart Bad Cannstatt; by descent to his daughter; Loed and Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam; Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York 2019

Publications

Frank, Bruce, East of Borneo, catalogue Parcours des Mondes, Paris Sept. 2019, nr 35.

Additional information

Until now we are uncertain about the origin of the two sphinx-like figures supporting the top construction including two snakes. The heads are clearly korwar style whereas the joined bodies is not: are these the two mythical brothers?

Photo credits

Oren Eckhaus, New York