Standing male figure ·  Togo/Ghana, Mamprusi (?) · ID: 3034339

Description

wood, middle brown patina, waisted trunk, elongated limbs, a short and strong neck supporting a broad head with a flattened triangular facial plane and reduced facial features, dam., long fissures, traces of insect caused damage (above all the right leg), missing parts (both heels), encrusted patina with traces of white pigment in some areas, socle;
in recent times the “Mamprusi” are mentioned as probable creators of this kind of figures, which show a rather unique style of carving, which is definitely different from that of the Moba. They live in the northeastern Ghana and northern Togo. But this classification remains rather theoretical for the present, since this theroy is not sufficient investigated up to now.

Comparing literature

Barlovic, I., Neues über Figuren der Mamprusi. In: Kunst & Kontext 4 (2012), p. 58 f.