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Shaman ritual figure
Borneo, Sarawak, Melanau, Indonesien

wood, stylized forms, sitting on a half-circular base, the arms closely angled aside the body with the elbows resting on the thighs, both hands raised up to the ears, giving the body a block-like contour, the heavy-weighted big head crowned by an elaborate head crest, the figure entirely coated with diamond-shaped ornaments on the back, inscribed «M-025», slightly dam., cracks (crest, face, leg zone and base), minor missing parts, on metal plate
H: 39 cm, (4658/002)

Provenance:
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Lit.:
B. Sellato, Hornbill and Dragon, Singapore 1989, p. 224

Shaman ritual figure
Borneo, Sarawak, Melanau, Indonesien

wood, stylized forms, sitting on a half-circular base, the arms closely angled aside the body with the elbows resting on the thighs, both hands raised up to the ears, giving the body a block-like contour, the heavy-weighted big head crowned by an elaborate head crest, the figure entirely coated with diamond-shaped ornaments on the back, inscribed «M-025», slightly dam., cracks (crest, face, leg zone and base), minor missing parts, on metal plate
H: 39 cm, (4658/002)

Provenance:
Coll. August Flick, Cologne, Germany

Lit.:
B. Sellato, Hornbill and Dragon, Singapore 1989, p. 224