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A CENTRAL NIAS MALE ANCESTOR FIGURE
Standing in bent position on a rectangular base, both arms free carved, the hands holding each a short stick and resting on his knees, naked, carved genitals, wearing spiralled necklace, his flat face with indented eyes, carved pupils, long ridged nose, incised moustache and slit mouth, the right pierced elongated earlobe with shaped ear ring, flat headdress with shaped finial at the front, traces of black patina, otherwise dark-brown patina
58 cm high
Standing in bent position on a rectangular base, both arms free carved, the hands holding each a short stick and resting on his knees, naked, carved genitals, wearing spiralled necklace, his flat face with indented eyes, carved pupils, long ridged nose, incised moustache and slit mouth, the right pierced elongated earlobe with shaped ear ring, flat headdress with shaped finial at the front, traces of black patina, otherwise dark-brown patina
58 cm high