Standing female figure · Nigeria, Igbo/Izzi · ID: 3042207

Name: Standing female figure
SKU: 3042207
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Size

H: 29 cm

H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, with lobe above the forehead, the navel particularly accentuated, slightly dam. (nose, mouth, left ear), missing parts (right foot tip/left foot), abrasion of paint, base;
Igbo figural sculptures are not “ancestor figures” in the sense of representing actual deceased people. Rather they are “invented” spirits or deities. Most of them were housed in shrines dedicated to tutelary deities heading public cults.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3042207 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 135.

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