House altar "gou" · Benin, Fon · ID: 3041880
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
French CollectionSize
H: 19,5 cm
D: 17 cm
H: 7.7 inch
D: 6.7 inch
Description
bowl from pumpkin, filled with magical mass and kaolin, female half figure and various objects from metal and terracotta inserted, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of corrosion
The object House altar “gou” with the object ID 3041880 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 246 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Hg.), Skulpturen und Objekte aus der Region des Königreiches Dahomey, Marl 2008, ill. 44