Ritual dance mask "hudoq" or "hudo" · Indonesia - Borneo, Kalimantan (Kenyah or Kayan) · ID: 3047757
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
Dutch CollectionPiet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Wentholt, Arnold, Nusantara, Highlights from Museum Nusantara Delft, Delft 2014, p. 33