Standing female figure · Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo · ID: 3030989
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Provenance
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, GermanyUrsula and Harald Suhr, Freiburg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 45. Tribal Art Auction, 25.02.2006, lot 56
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
grained wood, middle brown patina, originally supporting a receptacle on the head, scarification marks, damaged, missing parts (receptacle), rep. (ear), on base;
from the islands off the coast of Guinea Bissau, the Bidyogo carve figures (“iran”) to serve as memorials to the deceased and as links to the world of the ancestors.
Comparing literature
Robbins, Warren M., Ingram Nooter, Nancy, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, ill. 230