Mark A. Johnson Tribal Art

jj1: Female Spirit. Hardwood. H: 42" (107 cm), W: 18" (46 cm), D: 3" (8 cm). Late 18th century (c14 test result). Kayanic Dayak complex, East Kalimantan, Borneo Island, Indonesia.

Archaic style female spirit with wrathful expression. Note the tail (as seen in the back image), which adds an animal quality to the figure. The figure stood at the entrance of cave and protected an ancestral shrine.