Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Agni-Ndényé, Alangwa/Alangoa subgroup · ID: 3041931
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Provenance
Guy and Loes van Rijn, Brussels, BelgiumAdrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch
Description
wood, black shiny patina, fanciful coiffure: massive central lobe with fanned ending, broad shoulders and muscular arms, rep. (breakages in shoulder area on both sides fixed by nails), old place of repair (breakage at central lobe fixed by brass clamps), cracks on the backside, missing parts (feet), strong abrasion of paint, base;
possibly a work of the “Crowns Master” or his workshop (compare E. Fischer/L. Homberger, 2014, ill. 73 ff).
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Afrikanische Meister, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 2014, p. 70
Publications
AHDRC: 0123745