Standing female figure · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3041578
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Provenance
collected in situ by Reginald Groux in the village Gili in Northwestern Cameroon, close to the border with Nigeria (early 1970s)Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Paris, France
Size
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, encrustations with clay, prominent eyes and accentuated cut facial features, coiffure in flat lobes, slightly dam., minor missing parts (feet, left lobe), cracks (above all on the backside), abrasion of paint, base
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3041578 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 277.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 72
Publications
AHDRC: 0097977