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A Dayak female 'Hampatong' figure browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920: item # 1114266 Please refer to our stock # D54992 when inquiring.
michael cichon tribal arts P.O. Box 5919 Bradenton, FL 34281 941.224.0440 Guest Book Price and further provenance on request |
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| The slender female image carved in a simple and pure manner, somewhat crude, but very expressive. She stands wide-eyed and naked with right hand by the awkwardly placed breasts, and left hand near her exaggerated genitalia. The wood is heavy and dense (ironwood), very old and weathered with a fine, grayed patina showing patches of lichen moss across the deep crevices caused from decades of rain erosion. Hampatong figures were placed near communal entrances in hopes of driving away malevolent forces. Ngadju Dayak tribe, Kalimantan, southern Borneo. 43.50"H x 4"Diameter, maximum. 19th/20th century. Provenance: Eugene Behlen, NM and FL. | |||||||
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