Zemanek-Münster

Squatting figure

India, Naga
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.


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

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