"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.
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