Specifications

• Height: 17,1 cm
• Material: wood, metal
• Position: squatting, standing
• Gender: 
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 5.952,- (including a Dayak and a Lombok bone implement)

Provenance

Old german collection; Lempertz Brussels, 24-10-2018, lot 120 (three items); Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York.

Publications

Bruce Frank East of Borneo, catalogue Parcours des Mondes, Paris 2019, nr. 24.

Additional information

A handle with an interesting configuration of figures. The lower figure is kneeled with the hands held in a special position, in between the thumbs a sperule. The top figure is standing on the shoulders of the lower and at the back a spirit figure is visible with its hands in the same position as the frontal figure. The totem-like iconography is reminiscent of the baby carrier struts found in this geographic area.

Photo credits

Oren Eckhaus, New York