Standing ancestor figure · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3030190
sold
EUR 1,900
Provenance
Piero Pannetoni, Pisa, ItalySize
H: 97 cm
H: 38.2 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, a long neck carrying a comparatively small head with high-crested coiffure, circular eyes and large ears (Mumuye women used to wear such big wooden plugs in the ears), min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, metal plate
Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan, Hahner-Herzog, Iris u.a., Mein Afrika - Die Sammlung Fritz Koenig, München, London, New York 2000, p. 98 ff.