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Headpiece of a lute with squatting figure, Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3050028
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Headpiece of a lute with squatting figure ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3050028

sold EUR 300
Provenance
Michel Blanc, Indonesia
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Description

wood, base

A comparative object from the Linden Museum, Stuttgart illustrated in Sibeth, 2000, p. 99, fig. 137.

Figures in a squatting posture (“marhombang sila”) are representations of ancestors or dwelling places of spirits associated with the realm of the dead.

Comparing literature

Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 99, ill. 137

Asia
Figures

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