Grave figure in Colon style ·  Indonesia - North Sulawesi, Minahasa/Manado · ID: 3034087

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.

The object Grave figure in Colon style with the object ID 3034087 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 7.

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