| Catalog Description |
Raw Materials: Aged, smoked gutmu wood. Proportions of figure: Grotesque; heads, bodies all misshapen. Anatomical parts omitted: Genitals, feet, one set of legs, brows, clear arms and hands. Arms encircling the opposite figure with the hands on its shoulders. Straight legs, not intertwined, although figures are embracing each other as in sexual embrace configuration. Little or no indication of feet. Attachment to spoon bowl: Feet not present with platform or pedestal. Torso shape: Straight, heavy. Asexual: no indication of sex. Head ornamentation: Simple rounded head. Eyes: slanted carved lines; Nose: carved dot; Brows: indicated by ridge; Mouth: incised line; Ears: vague head protuberance; Shape of face: diamond. Secondary elements: Very poorly carved, shapeless, no proportion or perspective. Shape of head and neck: Oblong; long, thick. Design configurations: Sexual embrace: two figures face each other, legs are straight and unbent. |
