Ancestor figure "hazi nuwu" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3038241
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, FranceSize
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, abstract armless body, heart-shaped deepened facial plane with moustache, crowned by a flat headgear, min. dam., missing part (headgear), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Ancestor figure “hazi nuwu” with the object ID 3038241 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 8 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.
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Comparing literature
Nias, Tribal Treasures, Cosmic reflections in stone, wood and gold, Delft 1990, p. 221, ill. 62