Dayak Hampatong figure, first half 20th c.
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A Hampatong figure. Borneo, Dayak. 1st half 20th century. 58"h x 11 1/2"w x 9"d.
Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.
Catalog Notes: The Hampatong is the name for a carved standing figural sculpture created and used by one of the over two hundred ethnic subgroups that make up the Dayak, from the island of Borneo, Indonesia. Often carved from a singular piece of iron wood,they represent ancestor and guardian figures. The Dayak place groups of these memorial sculptures both at burial sites and as guardians of their homes. For a similar object see Dorotheum-Palais Dorotheum Wien, Tribal Art auction May, 26, 2015, Lot 255.
Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.
Catalog Notes: The Hampatong is the name for a carved standing figural sculpture created and used by one of the over two hundred ethnic subgroups that make up the Dayak, from the island of Borneo, Indonesia. Often carved from a singular piece of iron wood,they represent ancestor and guardian figures. The Dayak place groups of these memorial sculptures both at burial sites and as guardians of their homes. For a similar object see Dorotheum-Palais Dorotheum Wien, Tribal Art auction May, 26, 2015, Lot 255.
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Dayak Hampatong figure, first half 20th c.
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