Anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana" · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3046818
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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.
The object Anthropomorphic figure “iagalagana” with the object ID 3046818 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 175.
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Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 249, ill. 817