Figure ancestrale féminine "itara", fin du 19e / début du 20e siècle · Indonésie - Timor oriental, île d'Ataúro · ID: 3053195
German Private Collection
Description
wood, pigment, fabric, base
The traditional woodcarving of Ataúro remained virtually unknown in the West until the early 1970s.
The wooden sculptures of Ataúro consist primarily of ancestor images known as “itara.” Carved in male / female pairs, they represent early ancestral couples regarded as the founders of specific families and lineages. The figures are kept in the house of the clan leader, where they are suspended - together with other sacred objects - from a sacred rack (“ruma tara”) attached to one of the house posts.
The function of the “itara” within the religious practices of Ataúro has so far been only insufficiently documented. According to oral tradition, these figures were used in ritual acts intended to identify thieves.
L’objet Figure ancestrale féminine “itara”, fin du 19e / début du 20e siècle numéro d’objet 3053195, a fait partie de l’enchère Vente aux enchères 106 en 25 avril 2026 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 144.
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