Standing anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana" · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3042871

Name: Standing anthropomorphic figure "iagalagana"
SKU: 3042871
Price: 1300 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,300

Provenance

American Private Collection, New York

Size

H: 58 cm

H: 22.8 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, provided with just one arm, nose and ears with drilled holes, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, cracks, base.
Figures of the Mumuye with only one arm are to be found from time to time (for example in the Menil Collection/see Herreman, 2016), but a figure in shape of the present one might well be considered as almost unique.

The object Standing anthropomorphic figure “iagalagana” with the object ID 3042871 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 307 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

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