Standing female figure · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3042943
Melot Family Collection, Liège, Belgium
Description
wood, blackish brown paint, kaolin, indigo blue pigment, striking broad and round shoulders, the short legs carved with massive rings, the head proportionally small, the light coloured body painted with black dots, slightly dam. (nose, crest), traces of insect caused damage (above all backside at the base), abrasion of paint, base.
Emphasis on sexual characteristics is most often found in masquerade puppets used to indicate deviant sexual behavior, though the use of this atypical figure is uncertain.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3042943 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 300 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 13
Publications
AHDRC: 0094114