Zemanek-Münster

Female figure "lü mä"

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
French Collection
Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 82 cm
H: 32.3 inch

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


Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 149 ff.

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