Anthropomorphic figure "jagana" · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3049689
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 67 cm
H: 26.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
This female figure shows a strikingly slender body with elongated limbs
and accentuated navel. The small head with massive, rectangular
openwork side scoops is particularly eye catching.
These stylistic features are found on three other Mumuye figures, one ex Galerie Pierre and Claude Vérité (AHDRC 0098179), a second ex Jaques Kerchache (AHDRC 0127608) and a third ex Harry A. Franklin (AHDRC 0098166). They can all be assigned to one workshop.
Comparing literature
Strybol, Jan, Art and the Sacred in Mumuyeland, Oostkamp 2018, p. 45, fig. 15