Magical object "adu fombali"

---

Description

seven wooden sticks with indicated (“adu zatua”) heads lashed to a horizontal wooden stalk with rattan string, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, two of the sticks missing;
in case supernatural powers are thought to have been insulted, offerings were made to this “adu” in order to appease their vengeance.

---

Comparing literature

Nias, Tribal Treasures, Cosmic reflections in stone, wood and gold, Delft 1990, p. 249, ill. 117

---