Ritual dance mask "hudoq" or "hudo" · Indonesia - Borneo, Kalimantan (Kenyah or Kayan) · ID: 3047757
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Description
wood, three-part, polychrome painted, grass fibre, rest.
These masks were worn by various Dayak peoples in Central and East Borneo (Kenyah, Kayan, Modang and Bahau) at dance festivals, invoking the gods to give the people a good and bountiful rice harvest.
This composite mask, which combines features of dragon and hornbill, is considered the most prestigious of the “hudoq” masks.
The object Ritual dance mask “hudoq” or “hudo” with the object ID 3047757 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 68 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Wentholt, Arnold, Nusantara, Highlights from Museum Nusantara Delft, Delft 2014, p. 33