Small female figure, Benin, Fon, Size: H: 10,5 cm (H: 4.1 inch), ID: 3039803

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Lot 132

82nd Tribal Art Auction

Small female figure · Benin, Fon · ID: 3039803

sold EUR 700

Provenance

Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 286
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany

Size

H: 10,5 cm

H: 4.1 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, legless cylindrical lower part of the body completely wrapped in plant fiber cord, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base

Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 116

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