Standing female shrine figure "alusi" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3039218
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USAGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)
Size
H: 83,5 cm
H: 32.9 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted greyish brown patina, characteristic scarification marks on the forehead, fragmentary condition, insect caused missing parts (parts of the left lower leg and feet), cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Standing female shrine figure “alusi” with the object ID 3039218 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 386 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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