Seated miniature figure · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3041512
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, FranceSize
H: 8,3 cm
H: 3.3 inch
Description
brass, slender body, dark brown patina, pigment remains;
originally objects from brass were exclusively used for ornament, finally they became magical/ritual objects as well. They were only made on commission and their appearance was determined by “thil”.
The object Seated miniature figure with the object ID 3041512 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 162 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 114 ff