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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2707808, member: 8267&quot;]The second carving wants to be an ancestor figure, &quot;Adu Zatua&quot;, from the Island of Nias, Indonesia.</p><p><img src="https://images.aspireauctions.com/auctions/2016DEC/details/87187-03.jpg?64296673000" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/362/1959/lot/88715" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/362/1959/lot/88715" rel="nofollow">https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/362/1959/lot/88715</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museum-nias.org/en/?artwork=ancestor-figure-adu-zatua" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museum-nias.org/en/?artwork=ancestor-figure-adu-zatua" rel="nofollow">https://museum-nias.org/en/?artwork=ancestor-figure-adu-zatua</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third and fourth are probably Makonde blackwood carvings from East Africa - a style referred to as &quot;binadamu&quot;, which realistically portrays people in daily activities.</p><p><a href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first one appears to be African, but not a style I would be certain of.</p><p><br /></p><p>All are of indifferent quality, imo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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