"Hampatong" in the form of a feline

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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.

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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

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Publications

Coppens, François et. al., Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Arnhem 2000, p. 54, cat. 54

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