"Hampatong" sous la forme d´un félin · Indonésie - Bornéo (Kalimantan Tengah), Dayak · ID: 3050365
E. J. Philips, The Netherlands
Description
wood, handwritten inventory no. “N-016” and collection plaque “Privé Collectie E. J. Philips”, base
Sitting cat-like figure with large fangs and formerly long tail, probably representing a clouded leopard. An anthropomorphic face appears between the fore and hind legs.
The figure was probably worked on a post. Probably an animal totem originally positioned in a place where it was supposed to scare off malevolent spirits and thus offer protection to people.
L’objet “Hampatong” sous la forme d´un félin avec l’ID d’objet 3050365 a fait partie de l’enchère 101e vente aux enchères en 11 novembre 2023 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 4.
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Littérature comparée
Murray, Thomas, C-14 Dating of Dayak Art, o.O. 2015, ill. 44 Stöhr, Waldemar, Art of the archaic Indonesians, Geneva o.J., p. 96, Fig. 1
Publications
Coppens, François et. al., Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Arnhem 2000, p. 54, cat. 54