Couple of figures · Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3033503
sold
EUR 11,000
Provenance
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, FranceSize
H: 26,5 cm/34 cm
H: 10.4 inch/13.4 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, London 1998, p. 99, ill. (c)