Standing female figure, 19th century ·  Madagascar, Sakalava · ID: 3042305

Description

wood, matt black patina, prominent face with short nose and bicoloured eyes, coiffure with inserted wooden pegs (partly missing/resp. dam.), body veiled/wrapped in beige-coloured cotton cloth and fine plaited grass fibre skirt, slightly dam., rep. (right foot tip), base

The object Standing female figure, 19th century with the object ID 3042305 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 499 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Goy, Bertrand, Arts anciens de Madagascar, Milan 2015, p. 175, ill. 108 Jack, Anthony, Africa, Relics of the Colonial Era, London 1991 (Cover)

Publications

AHDRC: 0142348