Specifications

• Height: 132 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: tau-tau
• Price realised: € 6.000,- hp

Provenance

According to the owner the piece belonged to Armbruster (?); Sotheby’s Paris 5-12-2003, lot

Publications

Additional information

Early effigy of a deceased. On top of the head is a loop for attachment of a headdress. Angular upper part of the body and flowing body parts below. The eyes are inlayed by shell. Notice the archaic tattoos on the lower legs with symbols also found on ritual cloths, ma’a and sarita.

Photo credits

Sotheby’s, Paris