Specifications

• Height: 65 and 55 cm
• Material: stone
• Position: seated
• Gender: male and female

Provenance

Alfred Bühler expedition 1949; Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum der Kulturen), Basel.

Publications

Ramseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, nr. 6; Rouffaer, G. (1937), Ethnografie van de Kleine Soenda Eilanden in Beeld.

Additional information

This pair of statues as part of a grave in Laoli was photographed by Rouffaer when the statues were still in place. The site was heavily damaged during the Japanese ocuupation. 

The female figure has an archaic expression and a prognathic mouth.

Photo credits

Peter Horner, Museum für Völkerkunde, Basel.