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Anthropomorphic half figure with snake, Togo / Benin, Ewe or Aja / Fon, Size: H: 33,5 cm (H: 13.2 inch), ID: 3046126
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Lot 174
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Anthropomorphic half figure with snake ·  Togo / Benin, Ewe or Aja / Fon · ID: 3046126

sold EUR 500
Provenance
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium
Ulrich 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

Africa
Figures

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