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Wood Sculpture
Dayak Hampatong


Impressive Kayanic village guardian figure or Hampatong in the form of a monkey


Impressive Kayanic village guardian figure or Hampatong in the form of a monkey   Impressive Kayanic village guardian figure or Hampatong in the form of a monkey   Impressive Kayanic village guardian figure or Hampatong in the form of a monkey  
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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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