Standing ancestor figure · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3041742
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1970)
Peter Werner, Munich, Germany (1972)
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
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.
The object Standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3041742 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 38 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000.
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Publications
Werner, Peter, Exotica, München 1972, p. 15; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 259
AHDRC: 0097957