Standing figure · Nigeria, Chamba · ID: 3042419

Name: Standing figure
SKU: 3042419
Price: 1700 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,700

Provenance

Alain Berck-Vitz, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 50 cm

H: 19.7 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment, pointed face with projecting ears, massive helmet-shaped headdress, elongated cylindrical trunk with drilled armpits, just like the drilled ear holes presumably used for attachment of magical loading, slightly dam. (ears), cracks, base;
the Chamba live on the border between present-day Cameroon and Nigeria. They carve different types of wooden sculptures for different uses. Some of them depict named ancestors or cultural heroes which were placed on shrines.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3042419 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 295 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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