Colon figure: Horse and european rider · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3041208
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, DenmarkPoul 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