Zemanek-Münster
Male figure, Tanzania, Nyamwesi, Size: H: 58 cm (H: 22.8 inch), ID: 3041207
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Lot 505
84th Tribal Art Auction

Male figure ·  Tanzania, Nyamwesi · ID: 3041207

sold EUR 7,000
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection
Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2012, lot 313
Size
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, eyes inset with white miniature glassbeads, seated on a stool with the head turned upwards, adorned with circular scarification marks, rather crudely carved, min. dam., cracks, insect caused damage, abrasion of paint

Publications

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 257, ill. 148
Africa
Figures

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