Pair of earrings "wea wunu wona" · Indonesia - Central Flores, Nage · ID: 3052496
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Alfred Boettcher, Aachen, Germany (coll. in situ, 1970/80)Size
L: 11 cm & 11,7 cm
L: 4.3 inch & 4.6 inch
Description
gold: 16,7 kt & 17,6 kt, 20 g,
This special type of Nage earrings “wea wunu wona” are used as a special sort of bridewealth payment: a young man presents them to the young woman he wishes to marry as a sign that they are engaged. In fact, the woman’s family will often insist on such a gift, to make sure that the young mens’s intentions are serious.
Comparing literature
Rodgers, Susan, Power and Gold, Geneva 1990, ill on p. 157, Cat. No. 85