Zemanek-Münster

Ancestor vessel

Niger, Bura culture
sold EUR 450
Provenance
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Bruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Size
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch

Description

fired clay, reddish pigment remains, hollow, cylindrical torso without arms merging into a head with elonagted, abstract facial features, low forehead crest, area of the chest, head and back with dotted drillings, rep. (head), slight traces of abrasion

Proceeds will be given to the “Bürgerverein Altenhilfe e. V. Pliezhausen”


Expertise

Thermolumineszenz-Gutachten, Nr. 980946, 02.12.1998, Labor Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch

Publications

Hoffmann, Ulrich, Faszination Alt-Amerika, Stuttgart 2002, p. 186

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