Figural fragment · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3049696

Name: Figural fragment
SKU: 3049696
Price: 2000 EUR
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Provenance

Robert Temple, Ghent, Belgium

Size

H: 27 cm

H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, base

This figure is carved in the style of the “adu zatua” ancestor figures that were common throughout Nias.

It comes from an animal-shaped stool, as it was used in ancient times for grating coconuts. A rasp made of shell or metal was bound to the head of the stool. With this, sitting astride the stool, one could comfortably scrape the coconut flesh out of the shell. Anthropomorphic figures were often attached to the neck of the animals. For a comparable object from the Coppens Collection, see Feldman, 1990, p. 305, ill. 247.

The object Figural fragment with the object ID 3049696 was part of the auction Sale 100 on April 15, 2023, lot number 4 at that time and is currently available for EUR 2,000 in Open sale.

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