"Hampatong" in the form of a feline · Indonesia - Borneo (Kalimantan Tengah), Dayak · ID: 3050365
E. J. Philips, The Netherlands
Description
wood, handwritten inventory no. “N-016” and collection plaque “Privé Collectie E. J. Philips”, base
Sitting cat-like figure with large fangs and formerly long tail, probably representing a clouded leopard. An anthropomorphic face appears between the fore and hind legs.
The figure was probably worked on a post. Probably an animal totem originally positioned in a place where it was supposed to scare off malevolent spirits and thus offer protection to people.
The object “Hampatong” in the form of a feline with the object ID 3050365 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 4.
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Comparing literature
Murray, Thomas, C-14 Dating of Dayak Art, o.O. 2015, ill. 44 Stöhr, Waldemar, Art of the archaic Indonesians, Geneva o.J., p. 96, Fig. 1
Publications
Coppens, François et. al., Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Arnhem 2000, p. 54, cat. 54