Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage · Benin, Fon · ID: 3041797
German Private Collection
Description
32 brass figures, attachment partly made from wood, the gorgeously clothed chief sitting in his palanquin in the centre, surrounded by a variegated mixture of figures, garments with punched decor, slightly dam., missing part (handle bar of the palanquin), old age patina, on wooden plate;
the figures are homogeneous in design but exuberantly varied in posture, which results from wild gestures or the carrying of various objects.
The object Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage with the object ID 3041797 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 249 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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