Zemanek-Münster

Grave figure in Colon style

Indonesia - North Sulawesi, Minahasa/Manado
not available anymore
Provenance
Johann-Borwin Lüth, Hannover, Germany
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch

Description

heavy-weighted greyish stone, stylized forms, the arms arranged handle-shaped, the hem of the vestment curved in opposite direction, flat facial plane with big round eyes, flat hat-like headdress, curved back line, slightly dam., minor missing parts, spotted, lichen, on metal base;
in the traditional costume of a dutchman of the 17th/18th century; presumably an architectural element, the cut surface on the back proves that it was originally superimposed to the face of a building.


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