Standing zoomorphic figure "hanuman" ·  Indonesia · ID: 3032124

Description

wood, polychrome paint, partly encrusted patina, carved with elaborate clothing and jewellery, right arm raised, long tail at the back, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
“hanuman” is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine, whose fate it is to aid the hero Rama in the struggle against the demon king Ravana.

The object Standing zoomorphic figure “hanuman” with the object ID 3032124 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 1.

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