Pair of ancestor figures
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Provenance
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, SwitzerlandZemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 18
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 103 cm (female) resp. 104 cm (male)
H: 40.6 inch (female) resp. 40.9 inch (male)
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, nearly identical formed bodies with prominent sex characteristics, especially remarkable: the broad shoulders and short arms with fan-shaped hands, a clearly marked waist and the distinct modelling of the face: the nose with round bridge and beak-shaped mouth amalgamated to one unit, the eyes marked by parallel incisions, slightly dam., minor missing parts (toes), cracks, paint rubbed off, rep. (shoulder and left arm of the male figure, as well as the thumb of the left hand), socle