Female figural fragment ·  Gabon, Punu · ID: 3042039

Description

light wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, hairdo and fine carved facial features reminding of the “okuyi” mourning masks of the Punu, extremely long and massive neck, breasts and navel indicated, traces of insect caused damage (arms/lower part of the body completely missing), base

The object Female figural fragment with the object ID 3042039 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 336 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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