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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 1920s
Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A carved wooden figure of Maile with child. A Hampadong Kalimantan carved standing sculpture by the Iban Dayak [Ot Danum Dayak] people from the interior rain forests of BORNEO. An ex...
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Malaysian Folk Art Vintage 1920s Tribal Art

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Wood

Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child
Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child

Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child

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