Male tomb figure · Madagascar, Sakalava · ID: 3052393
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Gallery Daroun, Antwerp, BelgiumFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Size
H: 99 cm
H: 39.0 inch
Description
wood, base
In western Madagascar, the Sakalava place their dead in rectilinear enclosures of wood fencing (or walls of stacked stones), the corners of which are embellished with figural sculptures, typically bird figures complemented by representations of men and women.
Comparing literature
Goy, Bertrand, Arts anciens de Madagascar, Milan 2015, p. 246, ill. 75 und p. 265, Ill. 80