Zemanek-Münster
Ancestor figure "adu zatua", Indonesia - Nias, Size: H: 48,5 cm (H: 19.1 inch), ID: 3047221
Ancestor figure "adu zatua", Indonesia - Nias, Size: H: 48,5 cm (H: 19.1 inch), ID: 3047221 - 2/4 Ancestor figure "adu zatua", Indonesia - Nias, Size: H: 48,5 cm (H: 19.1 inch), ID: 3047221 - 3/4 Ancestor figure "adu zatua", Indonesia - Nias, Size: H: 48,5 cm (H: 19.1 inch), ID: 3047221 - 4/4
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Lot 8
95th Tribal Art Auction

Ancestor figure "adu zatua" ·  Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3047221

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Provenance
Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 13
Size
H: 48,5 cm
H: 19.1 inch

Description

wood, base

Very coarse, in almost cubistic style carved figure with the arms producing a W-configuration. The facial features only vaguely marked by incisions.

Due to palmleaf crown and headband it is probably an ancestor figure “adu zatua”, but the figure could also have served as a protective figure, for example against diseases.

Asia
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