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Provenance
Galerie Pascassio Manfredi, Paris,
France
Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Standing figure „hampatong“
wood, pigments, base
„Hampatong“ can be seen as effigies
of ancestors known by name. At mor-
tuary feasts a „hampatong“ is set up
for each dead person.
On the other hand, they function as
guardian figures, which are erected
wherever malevolent spirits are like-
ly to appear: in front of longhouse
entrances, or in village squares in
„pataho“ sanctuaries etc.
€ 2.500 - 5.000