Siège rituel en pierre "osa' osa" ·  Indonésie - Nias · ID: 3051982

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.

Littérature comparée

Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter, Nias Sculpture, Mandala Collection, 2013, p. 66/67, i.05