Male figure
Batak, Indonesien
wood, dark brown, partly shiny patina, long and slightly bent legs supporting a slender trunk, showing a cavity filled with magical mass and incised snail, narrow sloping shoulders merging into angled arms worked close to the body, the hands resting in front of the breast, holding a triangular item, crowned by an elongated oval head with big prominent eyes flanking a bulky nose, a small rectangular mouth underneath, min. dam., fissures, slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base
H: 57,5 cm

Lit.: Sibeth, Achim and Bruce W. Carpenter, Batak Sculpture, Singapore 2007, p. 159