Specifications

• Height: 37,5 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: standing
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: adu zatua
• Price realised: € 1.150,- hp

Provenance

Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978) collected in Nias 1930 together with Jaap Kunst; given to his brother Wim Bonnet (- -1933), who worked as a physician in Java; his widow Baronness Van Verschuer; through descent in family; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 11-11-2024, lot 5605.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

The most striking element in this statue is the headdress, which seems to be foreign in origin. Strongly built legs. The hands on the thighs usually hold pegs or pestle and mortar.

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam