Sitting female figure with child · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3034647

Name: Sitting female figure with child
SKU: 3034647
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France

Size

H: 83,5 cm

H: 32.9 inch

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, rectangular ornament carved on the back, elaborate coiffure with combs, scarification marks, rep. (coiffure), dam., traces of insect caused damage, small missing parts (tip of the toes, stool), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, wooden socle;
about 1800 the Idoma settled in the area where the Niger and the Benue river flow together. Their art and sacred rites were influenced by the Igala, Igbo and other ethnical groups of the Cross River area. Seated female figures with children or in state of pregnancy embody fertility, a central theme within the whole region.

The object Sitting female figure with child with the object ID 3034647 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 338.

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