Pair of figures ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3030464

Description

wood, encrusted reddish brown patina, black and indigo blue paint at the coiffure, each of them carved with short tunics and high towering coiffures, the larger female figure carrying a child on the back, the smaller male figure provided with signs of dignity (fly whisk and calabash), dam., insect caused missing parts (both pedestals), cracks, paint rubbed off, on wooden plate

The object Pair of figures with the object ID 3030464 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 394 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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