Standing figure "hampatong" · Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak · ID: 3052394
Starting price
EUR 2,500
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Galerie Pascassio Manfredi, Paris, FranceFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Size
H: 94 cm
H: 37.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
“Hampatong” can be seen as effigies of ancestors known by name. At mortuary feasts a “hampatong” is set up for each dead person.
On the other hand, they function as guardian figures, which are erected wherever malevolent spirits are likely to appear: in front of longhouse entrances, or in village squares in “pataho” sanctuaries etc.