Zemanek-Münster

Colon figure: Horse and european rider

Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Description

wood, originally painted in vibrant colours (indigo blue, red, yellow), visible in various places underneath brown overpainting, european facial features with beard and pointed nose, carved with pith helmet and fly whisk, beautiful detail: shoes with spurs in stirrups, minor missing parts (hat, stirrups), breakage (reins), cracks


Comparing literature

Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, ill. 51

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