Fragment of a male figure ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3043113

Description

wood, matt brown patina, traces of black paint, prominent face with projecting mouth/chin part and deeply furrowed cheek scarifications, enclosed by projecting ears and pointed shock of hair, disc-shaped flattened protrusion at the breastbone, insect caused damage (lower part of the body and legs missing), cracks, abrasion of paint, base

The object Fragment of a male figure with the object ID 3043113 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 264.

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