Standing ancestor figure · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3040488
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Provenance
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, typical form with overlong arms, reduced facial features and disc-shaped ears (female type), parallel incisions, min. dam., small missing parts (heels), cracks, traces of abrasion, base
The object Standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3040488 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 281.
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Publications
Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß 2001, p. 58, ill. 86