Small standing figure · Chad, Sao · ID: 3039781
sold
EUR 475
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 523Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch
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.