Seated male shrine figure · Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3040999

Name: Seated male shrine figure
SKU: 3040999
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Bruce Frank, New York, USA

Size

H: 48,5 cm

H: 19.1 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, kaolin, holding two items, dam., strongly marked by insect caused damage (above all in the base area), cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
even for the Ijaw the donation of ancestors plays an important role. Aside of ancestor panels “duein fubara” they made anthropomorphic figures representing bush spirits and ghosts “oru fubara”. But figures might as well depict presbyters, village heroes or other honoured persons.

The object Seated male shrine figure with the object ID 3040999 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 301.

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