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| Item-Number: | 840210 |
| Item-Description: | Impressive Kayanic village guardian figure or Hampatong in the form of a monkey |
| Medium: | Iron wood |
| Origin: | Borneo (Kalimantan) - Dayak Modang |
| Dimensions: | Height 213cm |
| Age: | 15th- 17th century |
| Provenance: | Field collected Borneo 1984 |
| Condition: | Water weathered patina (this figure spent +300 years underwater before excavation) |
| Notes: | Carved from iron wood this Hampatong is extremely heavy; its large size (over 2 meters tall) makes this figure a highly desireable and collectable item of museum quality Kayanic Dayak art. Illustrated as Plate 83 in 'The Kayanic Tradition - Kayanic Dayak Art from Borneo - Volume I Guardian Sculptures' by Mark A Johnson  Exhibited: Important Tribal Sculpture from Sumatra, Borneo and The Celebes, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California, 1 October to 30 November, 1986. |
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