Figural group and enthroned dignitary · Benin, Fon · ID: 3034399
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Provenance
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, GermanySize
L: 36 cm
H: 12 cm (palanquin)
H: 19 cm
L: 14.2 inch
H: 4.7 inch (palanquin)
H: 7.5 inch
Description
a dignitary with a long pipe, sitting in a palanquin, carried by two servants, brass and punched brass sheet, the supporting figures fixed to the palanquin by brass tags (one broken), slightly dam.; a smoking dignitary sitting on an oversized stool, brass, wearing a vestment with punched patterns