Batak Parent and Child Statue

Origin: Batak, Indonesia

Period: 19th Century

Material: Wood

Size: 44cm x 17cm x 66cm 

Description: The illusion of exuberant spinning is created by the postures of the sculpture. In Batak art, the image of a parent and child represents the life force spinning from the creator. This figure is plaed on households as a Fertility Ancestral Guardian

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ID-AN-059

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