Standing grave post figure · Madagascar, Sakalava · ID: 3038124
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1970’s)Geert Hendrik van der Zee, Oostzaan, The Netherlands
Size
H: 95 cm
H: 37.4 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, fragmentary, simple forms, dam., missing parts, traces of weathering, base;
part of an “aloala” funeral post.
Comparing literature
Kerchache, Jacques & Jean-Louis Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 607