Ancestor figure "adu zatua" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3041901
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, carved with high towering crown and ear ornament, slightly dam. (nose), abrasion of paint, base;
“adu zatua” figures were lashed to horizontal bars. Such rows were placed against the wall in the big front room of the house. Each time a person in the family died, a new image was added.
The object Ancestor figure “adu zatua” with the object ID 3041901 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,250.
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Expertise
Certificat D'Authenticité, Yann Ferrandin, Paris, 27 Novembre 2014