PCT-58722

Antique Print of a Sibau Mobang by Kell (1881)

  • Condition: Good, given age. A few tiny spots in the margins. Some minor crinkles. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1881
  • Overall size: 22.2 x 29 cm.
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.. Antique Print of a Sibau Mobang by Kell (1881)

Description: Antique print, untitled. This plate shows a Sibau Mobang, Chief of Dayak Cannibals of Borneo, Indonesia. Carl Bock made his expedition to east- and south Borneo in order of Governor-General Van Lansberghe. Bock's task was to write an account of the various Dayak tribes living in the interior of the area. Little was known about these 'savages' -- who firmly rejected Dutch authority -- apart from the fact that they were head-hunters, some even cannibals. Carl Bock passed through areas never before penetrated by Europeans.

From the first Dutch edition of 'Reis in Oost- en Zuid Borneo van Koetei naar Banjermassin' by Carl Bock, published 1881..

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'C. F. Kell' after 'Carl Bock'. Carl Alfred Bock (1849 - 1932) was a Norwegian government official, author, naturalist and explorer.