Magical object "adu fombali" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3040745
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, GermanySize
B: 15,5 cm
H: ca. 13 cm
B: 6.1 inch
H: ca. 5.1 inch
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