Grave figure · Ghana, Komaland, Sisili-Kulpawn area · ID: 3041374
Austrian Private Collection
Description
fired beige clay, remains of pigments, fungal body, the “screen” originally formed by five nearly identical anthropomorphic faces: each with large eyes and with the mouth wide open, the body modelled with three pairs of arms to each side, fragmentary, rep. (neck)
The object Grave figure with the object ID 3041374 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 262 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Expertise
Official Import and Export Papers available
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).