Zemanek-Münster

Ancestor vessel ·  Niger, Bura culture · ID: 3038306

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”


The object Ancestor vessel with the object ID 3038306 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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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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