Small male figure · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3037564
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great BritainChristie’s Paris, 20 Juin 2006, lot 178
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
light brown wood, dark remains of pigments, of simplified form (especially the hands), min. dam., cracks (back), base;
the rare statuettes of the Tsogho were used for rites of the “bwiti” society (initiation society) and for the ancestral cult “mombe” (aside of reliquary busts, called “mumba bwiti”).
The object Small male figure with the object ID 3037564 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 405 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 800.
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