Pair of earrings "wea wunu wona" · Indonesia - Central Flores, Nage · ID: 3052496
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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.
The object Pair of earrings “wea wunu wona” with the object ID 3052496 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 116.
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Comparing literature
Rodgers, Susan, Power and Gold, Geneva 1990, ill on p. 157, Cat. No. 85