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Rare funeral post in the shape of a monkey holding a skull

19th century or earlier
Height: 103cm
Wood

The quality of carving and the amazing weathered patina of this Dayak figure from Borneo carved in a very hard wood make of this superb specimen one of the best known in the corpus of these scarce and early protective guardian. A small part of the right arm has been restored.

Provenance

Collected in situ in the 70’s
Private collection, Paris

Rare funeral post in the shape of a monkey holding a skull