Standing figure · Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3033422
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Provenance
Hans de Fontana, Paris, FranceSize
H: 52,5 cm
H: 20.7 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, horseshoe-shaped legs, stylized facial features, crowned by a conical headgear, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
Statuettes of the Chamba are quite rare. Present figure probably depicts an ancestor.
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3033422 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 288.
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Comparing literature
Fardon, Richard, Stelzig, Christine, Column to volume, London 2005, p. 82