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Lot 110

89th Tribal Art Auction

Pair of shrine figures "alusi"

Nigeria, Southern Igbo

not available anymore

Provenance

Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany

Size

H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male)

H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)

Description

wood, encrusted with camwood powder, base

Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 54 f.

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