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.
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