BORNEO, KALIMANTAN BORNEO, KALIMANTAN

Carved and engraved wooden rice granary…

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BORNEO, KALIMANTAN

BORNEO, KALIMANTAN Carved and engraved wooden rice granary door decorated with a stylized buffalo head, the skull topped by a handle. Height : 57 cm - Width : 39 cm (bidding price: 100 €)

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BORNEO, KALIMANTAN

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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. 300 - 400 EUR

TOBA LAKE, Batak Group, Sumatra, Indonesia. Hardwood, polychrome natural pigments. "Santong", part of a house facade or rice granary, diamond-shaped and carved in relief with a "Singa". Height 156 - Width 57 cm Accidents and erosions

Estim. 3 500 - 4 000 EUR

Rice granary door, Toraja population. Sulavesi Island (Celebes). Indonesia Wood Dimensions: 75 x 45cm (without hinges) Provenance: Former Gérome Caubel collection. A very fine example of a door, featuring a deep, high-relief, clearly delineated carving of an imposing buffalo head. The patina nuances between the brown surface and the light-colored face bring out the animal's power, intensified by its long, curved horns rising to the top.

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

MALI, Porte de grenier en bois sculpté à rehauts de polychromie

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