Dayak Shrine Figure

$3,700.00

East Kalimantan

Early 20th century

Height 44 inches (112 cm)

Provenance: Jack Sadovnic, Los Angeles, California

Rendered from dense ironwood, this elegantly carved and weathered figure would have once functioned as a shrine or guardian figure, designed to protect the village rice fields.  The figure is deeply weathered in an aesthetically pleasing manner and attests to the many decades the sculpture served the village as a protective spirit. 

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East Kalimantan

Early 20th century

Height 44 inches (112 cm)

Provenance: Jack Sadovnic, Los Angeles, California

Rendered from dense ironwood, this elegantly carved and weathered figure would have once functioned as a shrine or guardian figure, designed to protect the village rice fields.  The figure is deeply weathered in an aesthetically pleasing manner and attests to the many decades the sculpture served the village as a protective spirit. 

INQUIRE HERE