Trophee skull · Indonésie - Bornéo, Dayak · ID: 3035399
Hubert Eslampanah, Brussels, Belgium
Description
human skull with lower jaw, polished, incised ornamental and floral decorations, the lower jaw fixed by rattan, min. dam., small missing parts (teeth), socle;
in former times some of the Dayak people were dreaded headhunters. For religious reasons they used to keep the enemy skulls and display them in their naves. By headhunting the Dayak warrior proved his virility and was able to take possession of the killed enemies soul. A wide-spread motif for headhunting was the animistic belief, that the slained had to follow his murder in the herafter as slave.
L’objet Trophee skull avec l’ID d’objet 3035399 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 74th tribal art auction dans 7 septembre 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 2 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 800 €.
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Littérature comparée
Headhunters and Woodcarvers, from the Francois Coppens Collection, Arnhem 2000, p. 67, ill. 66