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Lamak Ornament
Lamak
Standort
The motif cili is a representation of human life and fertility, passed on by the ancestors and closely related to living plants and trees, since human life is dependent on vegetative life. Despite its feminine beauty, a cili is a human figure, neither specifically male nor female. A cili has the form of a slender female figure with an elongated triangular body, long arms, a fan shaped headdress and big cylindrical ear ornaments.
Object data
Inv. No.
130905
Collection
Object Name
Pen drawing
Collector
Helene Potjewijd (1872 Meester Cornelis /Java - 1949 Wien)
Artist
Dated
ca. 1935
Accession Date
1946
Culture
Geography
Material
Graphite and ink, washed, on paper
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