Zemanek-Münster

Seated figure ·  Colombia, Quimbaya · ID: 3038549

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Richard Gill, Orlando, USA
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

fired clay, black pigment, flat rectangular body with free modelled limbs, simplified facial features marked by a prominent nose with golden nose ring, tattoo markings, surmounted with row of holes which originally held decorative elements, each limb is incised and molded as depicting constricted bands, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion


The object Seated figure with the object ID 3038549 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 122 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Labbé, Armand, Colombia before Columbus, New York 1986, ill. 98 f.


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