Specifications

• Height: 34,3 cm.
• Material: wood, cotton
• Position: standing
• Gender: female
• Indigenous name: adu zatua
• Price realised: € 3.600,- hp

Provenance

Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978) collected in Nias 1930; given to his brother Wim (-1933) physician in Java, thence by descent; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 11-11-2024, lot 5603.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

Sex not indicated. The right hand is above the mortar as if she is holding a pestle. Black dots all over the face, back of the head, arms and torso indicating?

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam.