Seated male figure · Mali, Malinke · ID: 3043068
Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany (1980s)
Description
wood, brown patina, fabric, glass beads, plaited leather straps, cord, the body entirely covered with incised scarification marks, resin-like mass with inserted red miniature glass beads in some places, metal bells on the back, nose with pierced septum, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet, stool, thighs, coiffure), rep. (breakage left side of the head), traces of abrasion.
There are only few figures, that can be attributed to the Malinke. They show a stylistic mixture influenced by the sculptural tradition of the Bambara, Mossi and Dogon.
The object Seated male figure with the object ID 3043068 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 211 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,900.
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Comparing literature
Museum of Primitive Art (ed.), Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 50, ill. 84