Specifications

• Height: 47 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: seated
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: adu nuwu, adu zatua
• Price realised: € 4.465,-

Provenance

Herbert J. da-Silva,The Hague, Christies, Amsterdam 11-12-2001, lot 65

Publications

Additional information

Naturalistically carved ancestor figure with full moustache and a turban like headdress seated on a book shaped plinth. Some 6 to 10 South Nias examples are known in public collections.

Photo credits

Christie’s, Amsterdam