Two anthropomorphic figures ·  Indonesia - Lesser Sundas, West Sumba, Kodi District · ID: 3034537

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.

The object Two anthropomorphic figures with the object ID 3034537 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 3.

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