Specifications

• Height: 43,2 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: Fafan waan
• Realised price: € 1100,-

Provenance

Dutch collection; De Zwaan, Amsterdam, 30-3-2016, lot 3225

Publications

Additional information

Boards like these were in former times in use to show the debt one was to pay in case of marriage, i.e. bride price. In case of divorce or adultary parts of the debt were cut away. Ref.: Saptodewo a.o. (2012) Maluku. Sharing Cultural Heritage, p. 18-19.

Photo credits

Veilinggebouw De Zwaan, Amsterdam