Three mythical birds ·  Indonesia - Nias · ID: 3040731

Description

wood, brown patina, a) head with cocks comb, elongated body with seat-like flattened and slightly vaulted back, broad tail feathers, plug-like projection at the bottom (cut off), h: 14 cm, l: 78 cm; b) sculpture of a rooster with seat-like vaulted back, rising from plug-like base, h: 42 cm, b: 30 cm; c) flat bird sculpture with comb, drilled hole for suspension, h: 10 cm, b: 20 cm; all three sculptures with cracks and minor missing parts;
all three sculptures roughly carved; a) and b) might represent mythical ancestor seats “osa’osa”.

The object Three mythical birds with the object ID 3040731 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 20 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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