Small standing figure with shorts ·  Nepal · ID: 3034690

Description

wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, hands in praying gesture, marked by strong traces of weathering and insect caused damage, missing parts (base, back of the head), cracks, patina exfoliated in many areas, encrusted with clay, socle;
presumably a shrine figure from a family altar. Sometimes such figures were even carved for living people, for example young men who joined the army. They were kept on family shrines and were venerated in order to protect the soldier.

The object Small standing figure with shorts with the object ID 3034690 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 15 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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