Standing ancestor figure
Nigeria, Mumuye
sold
EUR 6,000
Provenance
French art tradeMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1970)
Peter Werner, Munich, Germany (1972)
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 57 cm
H: 22.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of kaolin, sacrificial traces, typical form and posture, the face dominated by circular eyes, additionally accentuated by kaolin, min. dam., missing parts (feet, back of the head), cracks, base;
present figure is already published in the early 1970‘s by Maria Wyss and Peter Werner.
Publications
Werner, Peter, Exotica, München 1972, p. 15; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 259AHDRC: 0097957