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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5100475, member: 2844&quot;]My guess is 19th century, just based on the beautiful aging of the wood, but I am by no means an expert.</p><p>I think they must date at least from before the &quot;Great Repentance&quot; of the early 20th century, when German Protestant missionaries converted most of the population of Nias, and many of the old Adu Zatua or ancestor statues were destroyed because they were considered pagan idols.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a museum on Nias, the Museum Pusaka Nias, or Nias Heritage Museum. Since I am out of my depth here, you could ask there.</p><p>Their site is also in English:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museum-nias.org/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museum-nias.org/en/" rel="nofollow">https://museum-nias.org/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museum-nias.org/en/contact-us/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museum-nias.org/en/contact-us/" rel="nofollow">https://museum-nias.org/en/contact-us/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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