Ancestor figure · Nigeria, Mumuye, Adamawa Plateau, Muri Division of Adamawa Province · ID: 3038955
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Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, stained surface, grain of the wood and traces of the carving tool recognizable, provided with just one arm, the left one missing, the upper part of the body strongly bowed to the left, disc-shaped flattened ears/lobes and crested coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts (crest), fine cracks, abrasion of paint, rep. (left leg?), metal plate
The object Ancestor figure with the object ID 3038955 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 350.
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Exhibition
"KAOS-Parcours des Mondes", Paris 14.-18. September 2005