Standing figure with outstretched arms · Zambia, Chokwe · ID: 3035520
Description
wood, dark brown patina, rising from large, separately carved feet, body and head entirely coated in a net-like costume of raffia bast with a striped decor in black and brown, grass fibre skirt, nassa snail eyes, nose and mouth sewn on the costume, opening in the head, slightly dam., minor missing parts (in the costume and at the left foot);
the small figure wears the characteristic costume of a mask dancer. In Sambia such figures and miniature masks are used to educate initates about the various mask types and their meaning.
The object Standing figure with outstretched arms with the object ID 3035520 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 455 achieved a sales price of EUR 750 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe!, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 97 Bastin, Marie-Louise, La sculpture Tshokwe, Gossau 1982, p. 84 f.