an archive of Indonesian tribal art
001173 Sumatra, North Nias, female ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 38,3 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: femaleIndigenous name: adu zatuaProvenancePrivate Danish collection, collected 1950s; Private collection, The Netherlands.PublicationsAdditional informationNorth Nias, high peaked...
001172 Sumatra, Central Nias, ancestor figure
SpecificationsHeight: 35,6 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name: adu zatuaProvenancePrivate Danish collection, 1950s; Private collection, Den Bosch, Netherlands; PublicationsAdditional informationCentral Nias, probably male no sex...
001177 Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy
SpecificationsHeight: 122 cmMatrial: wood, shellPosition: squaattingGender: maleIndigenous name: tau tauPrice realised: € 6.000,-ProvenanceJean-Luc and Jacky André, Paris; Sotheby's Paris 7-12-2005, lot 35.Publications Additional informationLower arms...
001176 Sulawesi, Toraja, funerary effigy
SpecificationsHeight: 110 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: maleIndigenous name: tau tauPrice realised: € 5.400,-ProvenanceJean-Luc and Jacky André, Paris; Sotheby's Paris 7-12-2005, lot 34.PublicationsAdditional informationPhoto creditsSotheby's...
001171 Sumatra, Batak, stopper
SpecificationsHeight: 17 cmMaterial: wood, cottonPosition: kneelingGender: maleIndigenous name: stopper of a guri-guri small containerProvenanceFred ten Houten, before 1970; Volkenkundig museum Gerardus van der Leeuw, Groningen 1970-1995; Private...
001170 Nusa Tenggara, Ataoro, pair of ancestral effigies
SpecificationsHeight: 28,4 and 28 cmMaterial: woodPosition: standingGender: male, femaleIndigenous name: itaraProvenanceFred ten Houten, before 1970; Volkenkundig Museum Gerardus van der Leeuwen, Groningen 1970-1996; Private collection, The Netherlands...
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