Standing female figure
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
not available anymore
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.