Standing figure · Kenya, Kamba · ID: 3032876
Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, strings of glass beads around the neck, the eyes inset with glass splinters, simplified body with stub arms,min. dam., cracks, on wooden base;
the Kamba traditionally applied their carving skills to articles of daily use. The first figurative carvings can be traced back to one man - Mutisya Munge - a Kamba tribesman, who joined the army in 1914 and at the same time began to produce carvings of Askaris and African people in traditional clothing for the purpose of selling them to Europeans.
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3032876 was part of the auction 69th tribal art auction on June 2, 2012. The object with the lot number 149 achieved a sales price of EUR 480 with an asking price of EUR 350.
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