Female pair of twin figures "venavi" · Togo, Ewe · ID: 3037437
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
light brown wood, mat patina, polychrome paint, both wearing long dresses, metal earring and strings of miniature beads around the hip and neck, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
a work of Agbagli Kossi (1934, Bé - 1994, Lomé). He was one of the most important carvers and sculptors within Togo. Kossi was artist, priest and healer at the same time and like his whole family he practized voodoo, so he was able to fill his figures with spirit himself.
The object Female pair of twin figures “venavi” with the object ID 3037437 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 95 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 43