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Ancestor figure, Nigeria, Mambila, Size: H: 54,5 cm (H: 21.5 inch), ID: 3051777
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Lot 245
Auction 104

Ancestor figure ·  Nigeria, Mambila · ID: 3051777

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

Gebauer collected a formally comparable figure in 1940, after it was retired from service at an ancestral altar. Its local name was “tadob”.

The object Ancestor figure with the object ID 3051777 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 245 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, p. 317, M 28

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