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Loan Object
Photo by Johan Vipper
Photo credit: Johan Vipper
Explore image in Ancestor Figure (Hampatong)
19th century
Wood
53 1/8 × 8 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (135 × 22 × 22 cm)
base: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (31.5 × 31.5 × 5.5 cm)
base: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (31.5 × 31.5 × 5.5 cm)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.125
Geography:
Made in Borneo, Indonesia
Status:
On view
Culture:
Kayan or Kenyah
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Ex-collection: E. Deletaille, Brussels; J. Kerchache, Paris; A. Casanovas, Madrid
Bibliography:
Jouke van der Werff and Jan B. Ave, Kalimantan, Mythe en Kunst (Delft, Netherlands: Indonesisch Ethnografisch Museum Delft, 1973), no. 81, fig. 56.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
