Zemanek-Münster

Male ancestral spirit figure

Nigeria, Urhobo
sold EUR 2,100
Provenance
Roland de Montaigu (1925-1990?), Paris / New York City, USA
Walter Glaser, Basel, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20 September 2003, Lot 205
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, black pigment, fabric, cowrie shells, insect caused damage, base


Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, ill. 96

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