Lot: 8

95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Figure d'ancêtre "adu zatua"

Indonésie - Nias

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 13
H: 48,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, base

Very coarse, in almost cubistic style carved figure with the arms producing a W-configuration. The facial features only vaguely marked by incisions.

Due to palmleaf crown and headband it is probably an ancestor figure "adu zatua", but the figure could also have served as a protective figure, for example against diseases.