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THB19th C. Dayak Bamboo-Bound Trophy Human Skull
Lot 213
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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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2019-11-14 10:00:00
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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, historical examples from the Spanish, Mexican, and American frontiers, fossils, and 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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Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. The cranium of a trophy human skull, bound in a thick cage of curved bamboo that has hardened with the drying process. This is an artifact of the traditional headhunting lifestyle of Borneo's Dayak people. This example has been painted with a thick, earthy brown pigment that fully coats the bone. It is displayed in a custom wooden shadow box with a thick plastic face. Size of skull with bamboo: 7.5" W x 6.5" H (19 cm x 16.5 cm); size of box: 8.75" L x 12" W x 8" H (22.2 cm x 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm)
Recent research on a collection of 112 Dayak trophy skulls brought to Cambridge by the English explorer Charles Hose in the late 19th century showed that they came from both men and women, and were almost entirely adults between the ages of 20-30 years old. Just over half had signs of trauma/cutmarks, although it is unclear if some of those were sustained after death when the skin was being removed from the skulls. Hose recorded that after the skulls were taken as trophies, the Dayak heated them over a fire to remove the skin and brain and then hung them from the rafters using bamboo in the wooden longhouses that were the center of community life. This would have been an item of great significance to the person who took it (not to mention the person to whom it originally belonged!).
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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#149666The mandible is not present. Rich patina and deposits on all surfaces. Small chips to the pigment, notably near the nose opening. The shadowbox is in nice condition and opens easily.Condition
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