Zemanek-Münster

Standing figure "bochio" ·  Benin, Fon · ID: 3039539

sold EUR 2,800
Provenance
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Size
H: 68 cm
H: 26.8 inch

Description

wood, thick encrusted sacrifical patina, red and indigo blue pigments, naturalistic facial features, wrapped in fetish material with six spherical ceramic vessels enclosed, the right arm consisting of human bone, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, base


The object Standing figure “bochio” with the object ID 3039539 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 297 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800.

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