Zemanek-Münster

Small figure ·  Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3033905

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, small traces of red pigment, heart-shaped facial plane with big eyes and open mouth, typical details: the zigzag-contour of the legs, the hands held up to the chin and the small wooden plugs on the head, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks (right side of the head, back), plugs missing in parts, on block-like base


The object Small figure with the object ID 3033905 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 336 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 269


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