Ancestor figure "adu zatua" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3047222
Waldemar Stöhr & Elisabeth Stöhr-Johannsen, Cologne, Germany (coll. in situ)
Klefisch, Cologne, 11. Oktober 2013, Lot 110
European Private Collection
Elisabeth Stöhr-Johannsen was born in 1932 in Siantar, Sumatra, Indonesia, and grew up on a mission station in Batak country. Later living in Cologne, she remained closely connected to the country throughout her life as a member of the German-Indonesian Society. She was married to the ethnologist Waldemar Stöhr (*1925), who shared her love for Indonesia, which was reflected in joint journeys, articles and exhibitions. W. Stöhr wrote a number of publications on Indonesian art and culture, including the first comprehensive history of religion of the island state in German.
Description
wood, base
The object Ancestor figure “adu zatua” with the object ID 3047222 was part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction on October 24, 2020. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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