Female ancestor figure "adu zatua" ·  Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3040726

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of painting in black colour, carved with a tall crown and headband surrounded by conical points, pair of filigree hanging earrings (female ornament), slightly dam., missing parts (headband, crown, right ear), cracks, breakages (both forearms);
this figure of an important ancestor wears a tall crown and other gold jewellery marking it as an aristocratic ancestor.

The object Female ancestor figure “adu zatua” with the object ID 3040726 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000 with an asking price of EUR 450.

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