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

Name: Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
SKU: 3047221
Availability: Discontinued

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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.

The object Ancestor figure “adu zatua” with the object ID 3047221 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 8.

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