Zemanek-Münster

Small figure

Cameroon, Mambila
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


Comparing literature

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

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