Female figure "lü mä" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3039640
Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, rich blackish brown patina, corresponding in frontal alignment, posture and modelling of the limbs, the mouth with metal teeth and the plant fibre coiffure are also equal to the male, even the modelling of the face with the horizontal deepened eye zone, incised scarifications on the face, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, vertical crack backside, base
The object Female figure “lü mä” with the object ID 3039640 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 231 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 149 ff.