an iban dayak hampatong
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Pre 1950 item# 1196506
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galerie Cecile Kerner
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a medium size hampatong(27cm) ,maybe pantak as there are holes on the side for arms ,iban dayak.protective figure collected in 1973 by a dutch collector. He organised an expedition through west kalimantan :a retired army officer and 3 local people were sent to negociate .most of the objects were gathered along the river landak This one was collected in the village of Dari.after the negotiation there was a long ceremony with the kepala adat (head of traditionnal belief)and local nobility .Thanks ...click for details
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phurbu,nepal
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Pre 1930 item# 1054353
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
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a wooden phurbu with three shaman heads on the handle ,blade with spiral motive coming out of a bird beak
from an old belgium collection
20cm
The phurpa is an implement that nails down as well as binds. It was thus by stabbing a phurpa into the earth, and thereby nailing and binding the evil spirits, that Padmasambhava, regarded as the inventor of this implement, consecrated the ground on which the Samye monastery was established in the eighth century. it seems very likely that in Tibet the ...click for details
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