Protective figure of an ancestor spirit "adu zatua" ·  Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3040729

Description

wood, brown patina, roughly carved, provided with crown and headband, hands in “praying gesture”, cavity in the head for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam., cracks, surface structure in some areas marked by insect caused damage (above all backside)

The object Protective figure of an ancestor spirit “adu zatua” with the object ID 3040729 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 13 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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