Specifications

• Height: 46 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: adu zatua
• Price realised: € 20.000,- hp

Provenance

Christie’s, Paris 11-12-2012, lot 61, Mandala Foundation, Singapore

Publications

Sibeth, Achim & Bruce W. Carpenter (2013), Nias Sculpture, 110-111, ill. 08

Additional information

The figure is holding two pegs in an unusual way: the hands on top i.o. grasping the objects. Fine articulated piece with prominently projecting flattened knees.

Photo credits

Christie’s, Paris