Magic figure · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak · ID: 3048816
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
American Private CollectionSize
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, cracks
The present armless and legless sculpture may be a “figure of defensive character”, as they were hung upside down in rows in the gable of the house.
Comparing literature
Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter, Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 137, ill. 167 right