Zemanek-Münster
Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914
Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 2/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 3/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 4/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 5/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 6/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 7/8 Pair of shrine figures "alusi", Nigeria, Southern Igbo, Size: H: 68,5 cm (female), 71 cm (male) (H: 27.0 inch (female), 28.0 inch (male)), ID: 3043914 - 8/8
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Lot 110
89th Tribal Art Auction

Pair of shrine figures "alusi" ·  Nigeria, Southern Igbo · ID: 3043914

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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.

Africa
Figures

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