Specifications

• Height: 51 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squaatting
• Gender: female (?)
• Indigenous name: tuntun
• Price realised: € 10.540,-

Provenance

Lempertz, Brussels 24-10-2018, lot 96

Publications

Ref.: Heppell, Michael& Limbang Anak Melaka (1988), ‘Iban Tuntun’, Arts of Asia March-April, 64-69

Additional information

A very delicate carving of a squatting figure with what seems to be a child clinging itself to the adult body tops the measuring stick. The ‘child’ turns its head 180 degrees, which makes it an unnatural posture.

Photo credits

Lempertz, Brussels