Ritual stone seat "osa' osa" · Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3051982

Name: Ritual stone seat "osa' osa"
SKU: 3051982
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, Belgium

Size

H: 46,5 cm

B: 35 cm

L: 62,5 cm

H: 18.3 inch

B: 13.8 inch

L: 24.6 inch

Description

lime stone,

Ritual stone seats “osa’ osa” are unique to the central region of Nias island. They serve as chairs for high-ranking nobles at feasts and other ceremonial occasions, where they are set up near the home of the feast giver as a sign of his or her exalted rank. They represent real and mythological animals. This seat is in the shape of a “lasara” - dragon, others represent hornbills and deer, two indigenous animals that are associated with the ancestors throughout Indonesia.

The object Ritual stone seat “osa’ osa” with the object ID 3051982 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 117.

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