Specifications

• Length: cm
• Material: gold, glass beads, plant fibre
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 50.400,-

Provenance

Steven G. Alpert, dallas; Everett Rassiga, New York; Private collection, New York; Tambaran Gallery, New York; Private American collection; Sotheby’s, Paris 8-11-2021, lot 66.

Publications

Ref.: Gronert, Walther e.a. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, p. 123.

Exhibitions

Additional information

These head adornments were donned by upper class women on Nias. 

Photo credits

Sotheby’s, Paris