Figure d'ancêtre "adu zatua" · Indonésie - Nias · ID: 3047223
Klefisch, Cologne, 11. Oktober 2013, Lot 110
European Private Collection
Description
wood, base
This figure wears a palm leaf crown and long earrings “sialu”, as they were typically worn by women.
These smaller “adu zatua” - figures were lashed to horizontal supporting bars, which were fixed to the wall in the main room of the house. Whenever a member of the family died, a new image was added, so that rows of figures were created. On the anniversary of the death of each of them, offerings were made to the deceased.
L’objet Figure d’ancêtre “adu zatua” avec l’ID d’objet 3047223 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 24 octobre 2020. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 11 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 200 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 2 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Feldman, Jerome, The eloquent dead, Los Angeles 1985, p. 51, ill. 21