Shrine figure "alusi" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3033926

Name: Shrine figure "alusi"
SKU: 3033926
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 151 cm

H: 59.4 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, partly encrusted patina, typical posture (hands) and modelling of the face (grooved scarifications), dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, water spots, traces of abrasion, on metal base;
used to be kept in ritual houses of communities and families. Once a year they were presented in public. The relationship between man and deity was strengthened by celebrities and sacrifices.

The object Shrine figure “alusi” with the object ID 3033926 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 241.

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