Anthropomorphic object · Liberia, Bassa · ID: 3052426
Starting price
EUR 3,000
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
Provenance
René Guyot, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1960s)Craig de Lora, Clifton, New Jersey, USA (2011)
Dori & David Rootenberg (Jacaranda), New York, USA
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, glass beads, two-part, base
The purpose of the object is unclear. According to William Siegman, it is a medical instrument, while Rootenberg describes it as a figurative mortar and pestle.
Publications
BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXI, Brussels 2011, p. 52 f.; Jacaranda, New Acquisitions. Winter 2022-2023, New York 2023, p. 12-15, ill. 2
AHDRC: 0075859
Exhibition
Brussels: BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXI, 8 - 12 June 2011