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Figure (gana gana)
Batak peoples, Indonesia
20th century
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 15.5 x 14 cm (22 1/16 x 6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.207
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1930s, said to have been collected in Indonesia by a German missionary doctor, who sold it after retiring to Malaysia [see note]. October 11, 1990, sold by Steven Alpert, Pacific-American Corp., Dallas, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase.
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase.