Ngaju Dayak. Central Kalimantan, Borneo Island, Indonesia.
Hardwood. H: 64.25" (165.7 cm). Un-mounted, but it stands without one.

Top of a sacrificial post with a tiger figure battling a serpent. The tiger is grasping the snake around its neck and holding its body with his feet.
Posts of this type, with a tiger figure at the top, were usually associated with ritual sacrifice, often when preparing for war or headhunting raids,
or during ceremonias honoring the death of an important village noble.

Ex: Anthony Granucci collection, SF. By descent from his family. Collected in the 1980s.

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