Pair of ancestor figures · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034413
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 18
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
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
The object Pair of ancestor figures with the object ID 3034413 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 205.
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