Tête d´un luth avec figurine accroupie ·  Indonésie - Sumatra, Toba - Batak · ID: 3050028

Description

wood, base

A comparative object from the Linden Museum, Stuttgart illustrated in Sibeth, 2000, p. 99, fig. 137.

Figures in a squatting posture (“marhombang sila”) are representations of ancestors or dwelling places of spirits associated with the realm of the dead.

Littérature comparée

Sibeth, Achim, Batak, Kunst aus Sumatra, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 99, ill. 137