Description: A PAIR OF INDONESIAN ANCESTOR FIGURES CIRCA FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
The figures carved from wood in the round as male and female protective couple, probably the founding couple of a clan or village, decorated with a sarong of woven cotton in Dutch national colours, and with old Chinese coins, 'uang kepeng'.
male 76cm high, female 75cm high
PROVENANCE:
The Estate of Dr Peter Mervyn Elliott AM, Sydney (1927-2014), Mossgreen Auctions, Sydney, 1 September 2015, lot 861.