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Ritual pedestal for a sacrificial bowl ·  Nigeria, Benin · ID: 3035342

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Provenance
Alfred Zenichowski, Berlin, Germany
Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, lusterless patina, polychrome paint, strut in form of a horned animal, biting in the head of a seated human, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion


The object Ritual pedestal for a sacrificial bowl with the object ID 3035342 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 205.

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Comparing literature

Tierplastik aus Afrika, Dresden 1995, p. 60, ill. 74


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