Ancestor figure "adu zatua" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3047221
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Provenance
Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, GermanyZemanek-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.