Specifications

• Height: 51 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: tuntun
• Price realised: € 12.400,-

Provenance

Lempertz, Brussels, 31-1-2018, lot 75

Publications

Additional information

The beneficent spirit figure is seated on a stool. Accoutrements and some details are helpfull revealing the actual figure depicted. Reference article on this subject: Heppell, Michael (1988), ‘Iban tuntun’ in Arts of Asia, March April, 64-69

Photo credits

Lempertz, Brussels