Magical object "adu fombali" ·  Indonésie - Nias · ID: 3040745

Description

seven wooden sticks with indicated (“adu zatua”) heads lashed to a horizontal wooden stalk with rattan string, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, two of the sticks missing;
in case supernatural powers are thought to have been insulted, offerings were made to this “adu” in order to appease their vengeance.

Littérature comparée

Nias, Tribal Treasures, Cosmic reflections in stone, wood and gold, Delft 1990, p. 249, ill. 117