Small figure · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3033905
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, GermanyIngo 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