Description
These bahau longhouse statue commemorate the deceased. Deceased is not always an ancestor but a more general representation guardian figure. Therefore, it protects the living from the After-world.
Signs of erosion from extreme aging, mainly near the base. Otherwise, this figure is solid as rock.
This bahau longhouse statue made from Hardest wood in the world, Ironwood. Thus, Insect and termite free.
Height(with stand): 77 cm / 30.3 inches
Height(without stand): 70 cm / 27.6 inches
Statue width: 17 cm / 6.7 inches
Total weight: 4.5 kg / 9.9 inches
The Bahau owns this longhouse statue. It is an ethnic group in West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Thus, they are the same tribes that carry the infamous Hudog Mask and Hudog Dance.
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