Small standing figure · Chad, Sao · ID: 3039781
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Description
brass with patina, slender body with tube-shaped limbs, both hands resting above the prominent navel, simplified facial features, base;
the culture of the Sao is looked upon as one of the oldest of Western Africa. Most of the artifacts we know are excavations, figures of fine terracotta in human or animal shape.
The object Small standing figure with the object ID 3039781 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 232 achieved a sales price of EUR 475.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 113