Male ancestor figure ·  Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3038924

Description

wood, brown patina with remains of black paint, bald head, semicircular ears enclosing the face, eyes and nose marked a kind of “sketchily” by incised lines, pointed navel, collection number handwritten in white paint at the bottom “AF 218”, missing parts through insect caused damage (both feet, hips), various age-related cracks, fine crack (lower part of the body), paint chipped off, base

The object Male ancestor figure with the object ID 3038924 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 208.

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