Protective figure "adu hörö" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3047773
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Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
wood, pigment, base
This arm- and legless plank figures with forked projections are called “adu hörö”. They were used to protect from, or to heal illnesses.
The object Protective figure “adu hörö” with the object ID 3047773 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 80.
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Comparing literature
Nias, Tribal Treasures, Delft 1990, S. 240, ill. 96