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Lot Essay
Les statues anthropomorphes ancestrales, appelées génériquement hampatong chez les groupes Dayak, présentent une remarquable diversité stylistique, reflétant la diversité ethnique et la richesse des traditions artistiques qui caractérisent la région culturelle de Kalimantan. Cependant, au sein de cette grande variété, bien que certains motifs stylistiques soient récurrents, d'autres typologies sont relativement rares. C'est le cas de cette sculpture qui peut probablement être attribuée à un artiste d’origine Ot Danum, peuple vivant au Kalimantan occidental et sur la côte occidentale de l’île. Cette statue importante se distingue par ses détails remarquables, tels que ses vêtements singuliers évoquant peut-être la tenue d’un personnage important habitué au contact avec la culture de cour javanaise, ainsi que le raffinement du portrait. Celui-ci rappelle par son naturalisme élégant d'autres traditions culturelles indonésiennes, comme celles visibles dans certaines représentations javanaises datant de la période classique de la figure de Bhima, un personnage déifié d’inspiration hindoue.
Cf. pour une sculpture similaire, voir Feldman, J., The Eloquent Dead. Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, 1985, p. 118, n° 132.
Among Dayak groups anthropomorphic ancestral figures generically called hampatong come in a remarkable stylistic range, reflecting the ethnic diversity and richness of artistic traditions characteristic of the Kalimantan cultural area. However, within such large variety, while certain stylistic patterns are recurrent, other typologies are quite rare. It is the case with our present sculpture, most likely to be attributed to an artist of the Ot Danum people inhabiting western Kalimantan and the coast. This extraordinary statue stands out through remarkable details such as its atypical clothing and the overall refinement of portraiture, reminiscent in its elegant naturalism of other Indonesian cultural traditions such as are visible for example in Javanese representations of the deified Hindu epic figure of Bhima, dating from the Classical Period.
Cf. for a similar sculpture, see Feldman, J., The Eloquent Dead. Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, 1985, p. 118, no. 132.
Cf. pour une sculpture similaire, voir Feldman, J., The Eloquent Dead. Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, 1985, p. 118, n° 132.
Among Dayak groups anthropomorphic ancestral figures generically called hampatong come in a remarkable stylistic range, reflecting the ethnic diversity and richness of artistic traditions characteristic of the Kalimantan cultural area. However, within such large variety, while certain stylistic patterns are recurrent, other typologies are quite rare. It is the case with our present sculpture, most likely to be attributed to an artist of the Ot Danum people inhabiting western Kalimantan and the coast. This extraordinary statue stands out through remarkable details such as its atypical clothing and the overall refinement of portraiture, reminiscent in its elegant naturalism of other Indonesian cultural traditions such as are visible for example in Javanese representations of the deified Hindu epic figure of Bhima, dating from the Classical Period.
Cf. for a similar sculpture, see Feldman, J., The Eloquent Dead. Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, 1985, p. 118, no. 132.