Two anthropomorphic figures · Indonesia - Lesser Sundas, West Sumba, Kodi District · ID: 3034537
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Provenance
Reinhold Mittersakschmöller, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 39 cm (without plug)
H: 15.4 inch (without plug)
Description
wood, blotched greyish brown patina, small remains of black paint, each rising from a wooden peg, both figures seated, one of them with the legs and hands ornamentally interwined in front of the body, the second figure as typical female provided with a more exuberant round body, triangular faces with tapering chin and flat round ears, the surface extremely marked by cracks and traces of weathering, small traces of insect caused damage, missing parts (headcrests), socle;
presumably representing the ancestors of the founding lineage of the community.