Zemanek-Münster

Male figure with drum "za mä" ·  Liberia, Dan · ID: 3046216

sold EUR 1,050
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland
Galerie Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2013)
Size
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass), base

These genre figures are called “za mä” - “bronze person”. They had no religious meaning, but were pure decorative objects. They were often combined into groups and represented in scenic representations.


Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 187


Publications

AHDRC: 0133972


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