Zemanek-Münster

Standing female figure

Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 10,000
Provenance
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch

Description

wood, upper part showing oily “sweaty” patina, regular facial features with protruding chin, crowned by an elaborate three-lobed coiffure, metal earrings, rep. (both foot tips broken), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the neck rings are a sign for wealth and female beauty.


Comparing literature

Preston-Blier, Suzanne (ed.), Art of the Senses, Boston 2004, p. 78, ill. 18

Publications

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 58, ill. 101 f.

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