Big female figure · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3034437
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Lempertz Brussels, 28 April 2007, Lot 46Size
H: 125 cm
H: 49.2 inch
Description
wood, blotched patina, remains of pigments, crested coiffure, fragmentary (lower part of the body and legs missing), dam., insect caused damage, traces of weathering, cracks, metal socle;
of extraordinary and very rare size !
The object Big female figure with the object ID 3034437 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 275 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 57, ill. 1