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THBEarly 20th C. Borneo Bahau Dayak Wooden Hudoq Mask
Lot 105
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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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- Lot Description
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, East/Central Kalimantan, Mahakam River, Dayak peoples, Bahau group, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A wondrous example of a wooden festival mask constructed from several hand-carved wooden components. This style of mask is known as a hudoq ("hornbill bird"), though hudoq is also a style of mask representing one of thirteen different crop-destroying pests such as rats, lions, birds, and insects. The ovoid mask has petite eye holes beneath painted metal eye caps, an enormous nose, a broad mouth lined with painted teeth and four protruding fangs, an elongated chin, articulated ear flaps with projecting upper 'horns' and suspended metal rings below, all beneath a woven rattan fiber cap. The cream-ground mask is accentuated with broad streaks of black, red, and white pigment that imbue it with a fantastical sense of movement and character. Size: 16.1" W x 16.25" H (40.9 cm x 41.3 cm).
For a strikingly similar example from the Kayanic Dayak people, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1988.143.77.
Provenance: private Nevada, USA collection, collected in the field near the upper Mahakan River
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#152288Repair to one ear panel with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Minor abrasions to mask, ear panels, peripheries, and verso, with fading to original pigmentation and light touch-up painting to some areas, and some weathering to glass medallion on forehead. Great traces of original pigmentation throughout.Condition
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