Power figure "bochio" · Benin, Fon · ID: 3038699
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Provenance
Ryszard Bojarski, Warsaw, PolandSize
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, glass bead necklace, arm- and legless body, almost completely covered with cloth and strings of cowrie snails, coated with encrusted sacrificial matters, min. dam., small missing parts (cowrie snails), slight traces of abrasion, insect caused damage (bottom)
The object Power figure “bochio” with the object ID 3038699 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 239.
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