Standing female figure · Nigeria, Gwari / Afo · ID: 3045424
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).
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3045424 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 211 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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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