Couple of figures ·  Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3033503

Description

wood, dyed with red pigment, the eyes inset with metal tags, male/female, uniform bodies with massive round shoulders, the respective gender accentuated, the heads placed directly on the shoulders, the facial features carved crudely, slightly dam., missing parts (feet), cracks, on plate;
Chamba figures display seemingly non-human features which may relate to their function as intermediaries between the spirit and human realms.

The object Couple of figures with the object ID 3033503 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 287 achieved a sales price of EUR 11,000.

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Comparing literature

Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, London 1998, p. 99, ill. (c)