Maternité · Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo · ID: 3045422
sold
EUR 7,000
Provenance
Alberto Telles de Hutra Machado, Lisbon, Portugal (1920-50)Bernard de Grunne, Brussels, Belgium (2013)
Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
wood, two-part (base separately worked), two glass bead necklaces, rest.
The Bidjogo constitute a relatively small people living on the Bissagos Islands of present-day Guinea Bissau, numbering less than 10.000 in pre-colonial times. Their traditional sculpture ranges from highly abstract, minimal compositions to naturalistic representations, with the most highly prized examples being those which, like the present figure, combine these two aesthetics.
The object Maternité with the object ID 3045422 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 93 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,000.
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