Zemanek-Münster

Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"

Nigeria, Mumuye
not available anymore
Provenance
James Willis, San Francisco, USA (early 1970s)
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, rest., base

This figure was exported from Nigeria in the early 1970s by the legendary tribal dealer James Willis who kept it until the last year of his life on a desk in his San Francisco home.


Comparing literature

Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 249, ill. 817

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