Zemanek-Münster

Standing female figure

Nigeria, Gwari / Afo
sold EUR 2,000
Provenance
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium (2007)
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch

Description

wood, base

This figure could have originally had a separately worked child on her back as a comparable figure from the Teel Collection, which is attributed to the Afo (Preston-Blier, 2004, ill. 39).


Comparing literature

Vogel, Susan, For spirits and kings, New York 1981, p. 163 f. Preston-Blier, Suzanne (ed.), Art of the Senses, Boston 2004, ill. 39

Publications

AHDRC: 0091407


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