Anthropomorphic half figure with snake · Togo / Benin, Ewe or Aja / Fon · ID: 3046126
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Gerard Sand, Brussels, BelgiumUlrich Hoffmann, Aalen, Germany
Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
terracotta, kaolin,
This figure forms the crowning of a vessel lid and was used in the Voodoo cult.
The object Anthropomorphic half figure with snake with the object ID 3046126 was part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction on November 16, 2019. The object with the lot number 174 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 192, ill. 350
Exhibition
Aalen, Germany, Kunstverein Aalen, "Idol und Ideal", 6. Mai - 4. Juli 2004