Catalogue LS-160

Niah

Region
Nias
Culture
Niah
Object type
sculpture
LS-160 overview
Overview
LS-160 detail
Detail

Description

Ancestor figure, adu zatua. North Nias. 19th C. Wood. Ancestor figure of deceased tribe member attached to a row of ancestor figures which in hung on the right wall of the main room of the house. See similar figure in "The Elocuent Dead" pg 5, Fig. 21.