Dayak Warrior Borneo Kalimantan Indonesia 19th Century

Protective figure presenting a warrior standing with his hands symbolically placed on the top of his penis. His face with the expression marked by the wide open mouth symbolizing a sign of challenge or the transmission of ancestral words, the headdress sculpted by a long cascading mat is characteristic of this people. Wood with old erosion of time traces of lichen and marks of use. Dimensions: sold base. Dayak people Borneo Kalimantan Indonesia 19th century. Sold with certificate of authenticity from S. Reynes. Provenance: Former Gilbert LASCAULT collection (1934 - 2022) after inheritance. Writer, novelist, essayist and critic d'art, specialist in surrealism, he has published several works on this subject. He was also one of the pillars, for many years, of the show "Papous dans la tête" on France Culture. He has also written extensively on the works of artists such as: Dubuffet, Alechinsky, Jean le Gac, Henri Cueco, Gérard Titus-Carmel...... Since May 4, 2005 he was regent of the College of Pataphysics for the chair of Teratoscopy and Dinography. *Shipping costs on quote