Seated male figure "ntekpe" with gun and cap · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3046134
sold
EUR 230
Provenance
Gerard Sand, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
terracotta, pigments, base
The figures “ntekpe” are placed at shrines, they are also called “children of the shrine”. They should offer protection and help in an emergency.
The object Seated male figure “ntekpe” with gun and cap with the object ID 3046134 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 173 achieved a sales price of EUR 230.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 455