Magic figure

Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
American Private Collection	H: 14.6 inch	sold

wood, cracks

The present armless and legless sculpture may be a "figure of defensive character", as they were hung upside down in rows in the gable of the house.

Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter, Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 137, ill. 167 right

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