Standing male figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3037266
Description
wood, dark brown patina, rising from the base without feet, massive chest with rectangular ornament, accentuated gender, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
the standing figures of the Senufo are ancestral representations, although once they are out of their ceremonial context there is no way of deciding clearly of weather they represent “mythical” or “real” ancestors.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3037266 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 244.
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