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
Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 72
Publications
AHDRC: 0097977