Sitting figure ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3035149

Description

light wood, remains of brown patina and kaolin, back, underside and feet cut, presumably once part of a post, old collection label of yellowed paper on neck and back (faded inscription, unreadable), dam., (both ears, forhead, temple right hand side), strong abrasion, rep. (left wrist), cubic socle

The object Sitting figure with the object ID 3035149 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 305.

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Comparing literature

Perrois, Louis, L'Esprit de la foret, Terres du Gabon, Paris 1997, p. 43