001660 Simatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure

Specifications

Height: 34 cm.
Material: wood
Position: standing
Gender: female
Indigenous name: adu zatua
Price realised: FF. 12.000,- hp

Provenance

Dutch private collection; Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris 28-2-2001, lot 113.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

Digits and teeth are treated in the same way through vertical indentations, a rare feature.

Photo credits

Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris

Contact Arnold Wentholt