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Seated ancestor figure
Nias
mid 19th–19th century
Object Place: Nias, Indonesia
Medium/Technique
Wood, bamboo, fiber, pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 35.7 x 12 x 10 cm (14 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.256
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1991, sold by a private collection, Amsterdam, to Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York; February 25, 2007, sold by Bruce Frank to William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)