Standing female figure ·  Madagascar, Mahafaly · ID: 3038454

Description

wood, matt reddish brown and dark brown patina, fancy proportions (thin legs, compact upper part of the body, strong neck), breastbone and bladebones accentuated, disc-shaped flattend coiffure backside, slightly dam., cracks (forehead, neck);
for madagascan people the ancestors “razana” guarantee the existence of the living people, which is why most of their sculpture is created for graves. This surely was not the case with present figure, since there are no traces of weathering. She should have been placed inside and could well have been used in connection with fertility rites.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3038454 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 513.

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