Squatting figure · India, Naga · ID: 3036250
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Christina Fessler, Zurich, Switzerland, collected in situ, (Kohima, Nagaland)Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, legs tucked up, slightly dam., missing parts backside (back of the head, back, base);
the dark patina proofs that the figure was kept inside, but its function is unknown.
The object Squatting figure with the object ID 3036250 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 34 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul, Kunst aus Nagaland, Pforzheim 1986, ill. 52 Verrier Elwin, The Art of the North-East Frontier of India, Shillong 1959, p. 169