Dance mask "hudoq" · Indonesia - Borneo, Kenyah or Kayan · ID: 3048683
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
German Collection, BerlinKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 94
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 35,5 cm / 54 cm (with hat)
H: 14.0 inch / 21.3 inch (with hat)
Description
wood, rattan, six-piece, colour pigments, mirror glass, feathers, fabric, metal, cracks, water spots, rest., base
Rice is the most important staple food in Southeast Asia. Dance festivals were held shortly after sowing to ensure the proper growth of young rice plants.
Young men perform the “hudoq” mask dance, representing spirits who have come down to earth to bless and protect the harvest.
The masks were carefully stored after the agricultural rites and will be repainted and redecorated for the next planting season.
Comparing literature
Capistrano-Baker, Florina, Art of Island Southeast Asia, New York 1994, p. 32, ill.11