Specifications
- Height: 45 cm
- Material: wood,
- Position: seated
- Gender: male
- Indigenous name: adu zatua
Provenance
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam 1981; Peter van Drumpt, Amsterdam.
Publications
Gronert, Walther a.o. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, 205 ill. 30
Additional information
Central Nias, seated on a small stool. wearing a high elaborate crown with open worked central ridge to which red cotton cloth may have been attached. Piece was acquired early in the 20th century.
Contact Arnold Wentholt
Specifications
- Height: 45 cm.
- Material: wood, lime
- Position: seated
- Gender: male
- Indigenous name: adu zatua
- Price realised:
Provenance
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam; Peter van Drumpt, Amsterdam.
Publications
Gronert W. (ed.)(1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, p. 205, nr. 30.
Exhibitions
Delft, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara 1990
Additional information
Christie’s, London, 23-6-1992, lot 147 Central-Nias.
Photo credits
Christie’s London