Specifications

• Height: 52,5 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: adu zatua
• Price realised: € 11.250,-(2009); € 21.250,- (2021)

Provenance

Colonial collection, The Hague, Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, Mathias L.J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, Christie’s, Paris 4-12-2009, lot 71; Christie’s, Paris 11-3-2021, lot 14.

Publications

Rossel, Siebe & Arnold Wentholt (2008), Tribal treasures in Dutch private collections, p. 118.

Additional information

Wearing a kalabuba necklace and holding a mortar (?) in each hand.

Photo credits

Christie’s, Paris