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THB19th C. Borneo Dayak Wood Figural Hampatong Charm
Lot 101
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Dayak peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An intriguing example of a hand-carved wooden charm known as a hampatong (literally "figure" or "statue") depicting an abstract anthropomorphic figure of a large size. The upright man stands on an integral round pedestal, with hands clasping his bent knees. The narrow body supports an oversized and angular head. The face exhibits incised, discoid eyes, a broad nose, and a diamond-shaped mouth above a pointed chin. The ridges at the sides form ears and horns with loops at the bottom to indicate earrings, or perhaps to hold additional ornamentation. A drum like headdress is surmounted on the top of the head. The rear features a short tail protruding from his spine. The hampatong (also hempatong, empatung, tempatong, or kepatong) traditionally portray ancestors and other supernatural guardians of the Dayak religious system, and each sculptural effigy is believed to possess its own meaning and function. The tail and horns may symbolize a human-animal hybrid as part of their animistic worship. A wonderful example! Size: 6" W x 23.125" H (15.2 cm x 58.7 cm); 24" H (61 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Johnson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA
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#162121Wood is weathered and shows signs of age. Chips and losses to base. Loss to right earring. Chips and nicks to high pointed areas. Surface abrasions and hairline fissures. Large size and nice patina.Condition
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