Null Indonesia/Borneo/Dayak. Kalimantan warrior's shield in carved wood decorate…

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Indonesia/Borneo/Dayak. Kalimantan warrior's shield in carved wood decorated with horsehair. Middle of the 20th century. H X cm Prov. Steffen Patzwahl Collection (BE)

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Indonesia/Borneo/Dayak. Kalimantan warrior's shield in carved wood decorated with horsehair. Middle of the 20th century. H X cm Prov. Steffen Patzwahl Collection (BE)

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Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Statuette

Estim. 900 - 1 500 EUR

A CARVED WOOD DANCE MASK ''HUDOQ'' Indonesia, Borneo / Kalimantan East-, Kajan- or Bahau-Dayak, early 20th c. H. ca, 39 cm This hudoq mask represents a forest demon as a hostile warrior with ear stakes. The eyes are made of mirror glass to ward off the evil spirits that turn away at the sight of their own face. The mask, made of light wood withe is painted red and black. The nostrils and lips are highlighted in red and the aso motif can be recognised on the chin. The aso motif was mainly reserved for successful warriors; it is also the skin motif on the famous Dayak tattoos. Masks of this type, called hudo or hudoq, are typical of the traditional Dayak cultures of Borneo. They are used at the Dayak gawaii (harvest festivals). However, hudoq masks are also worn at numerous other performances, festivals and ceremonies, and their use varies from region to region. In West Borneo, they are also worn at wedding ceremonies and circumcisions. Basically, their purpose is always to chase away ominous spirits. Among the Kajan and Kenyah (to whom this mask belongs), they are mainly associated with rice festivals; in South Borneo, the area of the Ngadju-Dayak, they are also worn at burial ceremonies. These masks were always worn by male dancers. As additional clothing, banana leaves are cut into strips and made into cloaks that conceal the identity of the dancers. The Dayak are the indigenous people of Borneo. The Dayak include dozens of different ethnic groups, some of which differ greatly from one another in terms of language, culture and way of life. The term Dayak probably comes from the Malay word daya, which means ‘arrived’, in memory of the former immigration of these groups before the turn of time (the actual indigenous population is represented in small numbers by the Punan, for example). The settlement areas of the Dayak cover the entire island of Borneo and are therefore located in the territory of the three states of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Dayak belong to the Austronesian peoples who, coming from the South China region, colonised Southeast Asia from the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Most Dayak ethnic groups speak their own languages, but they all belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. From an old German private collection, assembled since the 1950s - Minor traces of age, partly slightly chipped, headdress lost Lit.: Ave, J. B. / King, V. (1986): People of the Weeping Forest. Tradition and Change in Borneo. Leiden. - Hein, A.R. (1895): Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Ornamentes bei den Dayaks. Wien - Sellato, B. (1992): Hornbill and Dragon. Arts and Culture of Borneo. Sun Tree Publishing. - Taylor, P. M. / Aragon, L. V. (1990): Beyond The Java Sea. Arts of Indonesia`s Outer Islands. New York.

Estim. 5 000 - 8 000 EUR

AN IRONWOOD GUARDIAN FIGURE ''HAMPATONG'' Indonesia, Borneo / Kalimantan, Central or East, Dayak, Kajan or Bahau-Dayak, 20th c. H. 182 cm (o.S.) This wooden sculpture hampatong from Borneo is carved in full relief from a single piece of ironwood (belian). It depicts a noble woman (identified as such by the headdress) standing on a funeral urn and holding a child. This constellation is a charming reference to the cyclical renewal of life over the generations. Hampatong is a generalised term for ancestor and protective figures made of very hard wood, which are erected by the Dayak ethnic groups on Borneo as memorial sculptures of the deceased at burial sites or as guardians in front of the longhouses. The term hampatong (at Ngadju) kapatong (at Kajan) or tempatong (at Ot Danun) refers to anthropomorphic figures made of hard, durable wood. Hampatong is derived from the Dayak word stem patong, which means ‘statue’. The figure is possibly associated with a festival that gave the figure its name or a successful kajaw (war campaign, headhunt) on the occasion of the birth of a future nobleman or noblewoman. In a figurative sense, the child is only really born when the husband has captured a head. This proves that life has been sent to the world beyond, as something must first pass away within the cyclical, agriculturally determined renewal cosmology of the Dayak before something new can be created. This taken life can then be rededicated as part of the rites of passage. The wood is probably Eusideroxylon zwageri, a laurel plant that grows on Borneo and Sumatra. Many tropical hardwood species are called ironwood, but in Borneo the word refers specifically to belian wood. The wood has an extreme density and requires tools made of very good steel for processing, as the tool is subject to rapid wear - one of the reasons for the sophisticated forging and hardening technology of blades on Borneo. From an old German private collection, assembled since the 1950s - Minor traces of age, slightly chipped and some age cracks, traces of polychome colours, mounted

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

IBAN DAYAK, Borneo, Indonesia. Polychromed carved wood. Rare, finely carved mask of a male face with naturalistic, harmonious features, giving the impression of a portrait. Height 24.5 - Width 19.5 cm

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