Figure of a European with gun, late 19th century ·  Nigeria, Benin · ID: 3039581

Description

brass, dark patina, wearing a jacket with large buttons and belt around the waist, trousers and helmet-like headdress, armed with gun and a long knife aside the left leg, minor missing parts in the cast (headdress), on plate

The object Figure of a European with gun, late 19th century with the object ID 3039581 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 312 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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