figurine
- Museum number
- As1991,27.4
- Description
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Figurine, hampatong ("hempatong"); carved of wood; in the form of male human figure; figure crouchs on small ovoid base, knees bent, arms bent with hands resting on chest.
- Production date
- 19thC (late)-20thC (mid)
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Weight: 77 grammes
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hampatong were used by the Dayak as amulets. Some were kept in the home as 'divine gifts' to bring luck and good health, while others were attached to baby carriers, or strung across the healer's chest when he performed healing rituals, to serve as protective charms against evil and illness. See Vredenbregt, Jacob. Hempatong: the material culture of the Dayak of Kalimantan. Jakarta: Gramedia, 1981.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1991,27.4