Ancestor figure · Vietnam, Jorai · ID: 3045763
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanySize
H: 100 cm
H: 39.4 inch
Description
ironwood, light grey patina due to weathering, insect caused damage, burn marks, base
The Jorai are a minority group based in Vietnam’s central highlands.
Most figurative sculpture of the Jorai relates to ancestor worship and funerary rites.
The present figure probably once belonged to a group of figures that were placed around a Jorai gravesite. The figures rose from high posts and served as spiritual guardians.