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

Name: Male figure with drum "za mä"
SKU: 3046216
Price: 1050 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

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.

The object Male figure with drum “za mä” with the object ID 3046216 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 88 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,050.

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