Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana" · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3046761
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Provenance
Gallery Flak, Paris, FranceZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 284
German Private Collection
Size
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, pigments, plant fibre, rest., base
A figure very similar in physiognomy, hairstyle, scarification and body formation was assigned by Strybol to a master “Tage of Kpwazang” (cf. Strybol, 2018, fig. 54).
The object Anthropomorphic figure “iagalagana” with the object ID 3046761 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 189.
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Comparing literature
Strybol, Jan, Art and the Sacred in Mumuyeland, Oostkamp 2018, p. 72 ff