Specifications

• Height: 32,3 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: adu zatua
• Price realised: NC (€ 1.200-1.600)

Provenance

Cornelis Tjepko Bertling (1891-1970), acq. in Indonesia 1920-1930s); Venduehuis, The Hague 9-9-2021, lot 681.

Publications

Ref.: Gronert, Walther a.o. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, p. 213, ill. 47 for a similar figure formerly in the Georg Tillman collection.

Exhibitions

Additional information

Central or North Nias ancestor figure with dry patina.

Photo credits

Arend Velsink/ Venduehuis, The Hague