Small squatting figure · Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba Batak · ID: 3039105
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Size
H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, carved with a standing miniature figure on the backside, several drilled holes, cut at the bottom, slightly dam., cubic base;
squatting figures depict ancestors or the abodes of “spirits”, which were associated with the realm of the dead. Presumably once part of a music instrument (harp).