Specifications

• Height: 85 cm
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender: 
• Indigenous name: daro-daro ndra ama

Provenance

Paul Wirz, before 1927; Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum der Kulture), Basel.

Publications

Ramseyer, Urs (1979), Indonesien, nr. 8.; Gronert, Walter a.o. (1990), Nias Tribal Treasures, p. 258, nr 134.

Additional information

This altar was part of the interior of a chief’s house, omo sebua, where it found a place on the right wall of the front room.

Photo credits

Peter Horner, Museum f”r Völkerkunde, Basel