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Quartet of Early 20th C. Indonesia Wood Heads & Figures

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Homnon Aristocratic Woman's Ikat Cloth, Kisar, Indonesia, Late 19th-Early 20th C.: Homnon Aristocratic Woman's Ikat Cloth, Kisar, Indonesia, Late 19th-Early 20th C. With rimanu motifs of large anthropomorphic figures with raised arms, cockerels and double-headed eagles that are moti

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Ceremonial Silk Ikat With Songket "Lawan", Indonesia, Early 20th C.: Ceremonial Silk Ikat With Songket "Lawan", Indonesia, Early 20th C. Woman's silk shoulder cloth with ikat, gold thread songket, and gold thread fringe. Some small tears. Ex collection Sheldon Shaeffer

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Quartet of Early 20th C. Indonesia Wood Heads & Figures

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Description

**Originally Listed At $150**

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early 20th century CE. A group of four wooden carvings with nice aged surfaces. Two are the heads of puppets, both simple faces with large eyes, pronounced brows, and heads of thick black painted hair. One is a standing figure of a woman with a small tab under her feet to stand her up on a base. The fourth is an unpainted, eagle-like bird with incised feathers and its long neck curved downward to grasp a small round object in its beak. Size of largest (woman): 11.2" H (28.4 cm)

Provenance: ex Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970

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Condition

Wear to surfaces as shown commensurate with age, including losses to pigment. The woman is missing an arm. The heads are detached from larger figures. One head may have older overpainting on it.

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Quartet of Early 20th C. Indonesia Wood Heads & Figures

Name: Quartet of Early 20th C. Indonesia Wood Heads & Figures
SKU: 63012634
Price: 100 USD
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