Specifications

• Height: 45 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: 
• Gender: female (?)
• indigenous name: siraha salawa(?)
• Price realised: € 500,- hp

Provenance

Arie de Jong (1882-1962), The Hague; Venduehuis der Notarissen The Hague, March sale lot 1056; Private collection, The Netherlands; Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague, 28-8-2019, lot 206.

Publications

ref. Gronert a.o.(1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, 212 ill. 44

Additional information

For a similar figure see Gronert (1990), 94 cm. high and proposed as a siraha salawa, a distant ancestor.