Specifications

• Height: 42 cm
• Material: wood
• Position: seated
• Gender: female
• Indigenous name: ana deo

Provenance

Former Amsterdam collection 1970; present collection unknown

Publications

Ref. Molnar, Andrea K. (1999), Lio Ancestral Statuette, in Newton (ed.) Arts of the South Seas, 113

Additional information

This sculpture originates most likely from the Lio people in Central Flores, east from the Nage and west from the Ende. According to Molnar these statues stood in the interior of the origin house, being part of the architecture and representing a founding mother. The projecting arms end in scoop hands for offerings.