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000658 Sumatra, North Nias, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 167,65 cmMaterial: limestonePosition: half figureGender: maleIndigenous name: goweProvenanceDouglas Dawson, Chicago 2003PublicationsAdvertisement in Arts & Cultures 4 (2003)Ref. Barbier, Jean-Paul (ed.) (1998), Messages in Stone, 46 ill....
000308 Sumatra, South Nias, ancestor figure and attendant
SpecificationsHeight: 33 and 23 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: squatting and standingGender: maleIndigenous name: adu zatua/nuwuProvenanceThomas Murray, Mill Valley, 2001PublicationsThomas Murray Asiatica - Ethnographica (2001) plate 1Additional...
000605 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 38 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: female (?) indicated by the two ear pendantsIndigenous name: adu zatuaPrice realised: Nfl. 1.610,-ProvenanceChristie's Amsterdam, 6-3-1990 lot 305.Publications Additional informationPhoto...
000323 Sumatra, South Nias, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 27 cmMaterial: wood, clothPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name: adu nuwu/zatuaPrice realised: € 1.850,- hpProvenanceGerman private collection; Zemanek Würzburg, 12-12-2007, lot 6.Publications Additional informationShortened...
000335 Sumatra, South Nias, two ancestor figures
SpecificationsHeight: 30 and 34 cmMaterial: wood, pigmentPosition: squattingGender: maleIndigenous name: adu nuwu/zatuaPrice realised: € 21.150,-ProvenanceHerbert Juan da Silva (1923-1988), The Hague; Christie's Amsterdam, 11-12-2001, lot...
000866 Sumatra, North Nias, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 41,9 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: no sex indicatedIndigenous name: adu zatuaPrice realised: € 1.800,- hpProvenanceGerman Missionary collection; Zemanek, Würzburg 11-11-2017, lot 7Publications Additional informationNorth...
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