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Pair of dragons from longhouse roof terminal

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium H: 89/37.4 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood,

The aesthetic outcome of present objects has been as influenced by Mother Nature as by the sculptor himself.
The extremely weathered fragments presumbly depict the "aso", a composite mythical beast sacred to the Dayak, frequently referred to as a dragon-dog, but also including elements of a crocodile and a hornbill bird.


Murray, Thomas, C-14 Dating of Dayak Art, o.O. 2015