Standing ancestor figure ·  Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3030190

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

The object Standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3030190 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 263 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,900.

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Comparing literature

Eisenhofer, Stefan, Hahner-Herzog, Iris u.a., Mein Afrika - Die Sammlung Fritz Koenig, München, London, New York 2000, p. 98 ff.