Specifications

• Height: 52,7 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Realised price: Dfl. 140.000,- hp

Provenance

Leendert van Lier, Blaricum; Christie’s Amsterdam, 15-4-1997, lot 108; Dalls Museum of Art, inv. nr. 2003.31

Publications

Schefold, Reimar & Steven Alpert (2013), Eyes of the Ancestors. The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of Art, pp. 282-283, 95.

Additional information

The figure is not touching the ground = base: between feet and buttocks rectangular supports are visible.

According to Nico de Jonge objects could be found on several islands not representing local styles, as migrants from other islands came out due to drought, warfare or crop failure.

Photo credits

Christie’s Amsterdam