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Three protective figures "adu horo" - Indonesia - Nias

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Three protective figures "adu horo" - Indonesia - Nias

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Description

wood, brown patina, a) standing figure with extremely elongated torso and short legs, hands in praying gesture, spherical head with slanting face halves and crowning projection, h: 39 cm; b) rudely carved figure with block-like leg zone, h: 34,5 cm; c) standing female figure with heart-shaped deepened face halves, projection with drilled hole on the head, h: 46,5 cm; each of the figures min. dam., cracks, min. traces of insect caused damage;
"adu horo" figures served to protect from, or to heal illness.
Provenance:
Heinrich Sundermann, Ladbergen/Göttingen, Germany
Continent: Asia

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Three protective figures "adu horo" - Indonesia - Nias

Name: Three protective figures \"adu horo\" - Indonesia - Nias
SKU: 45344746
Price: 800 EUR
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