Figure assise "hampatong" · Indonésie - Bornéo, Dayak · ID: 3049338
Vendu
3 200 €
Provenance
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyDescription
wood, 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.
Littérature comparée
Feldman, Jerome, The eloquent dead, Los Angeles 1985, p. 118 f.