Standing female figure ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3032806

Description

wood, predominantly whitened with kaolin, a flat body, reduced in form, with stylized facial features, vertical ridge in the trunk, two knotted plant fibre bands around the hips, slightly dam., missing parts (both foot tips), on plate;
the unusual treatment of the body and limbs complements the reductionist style of the face. The striking flatness of the body might suggest a role as a sort of marionette in theatrical rites of the main Tsogho cult.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3032806 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 375 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,500.

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Comparing literature

Siroto, Leon, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, p. 43, ill. 37