Standing male figure · Sierra Leone, Temne · ID: 3039631

Name: Standing male figure
SKU: 3039631
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)

Size

H: 34,7 cm

H: 13.7 inch

Description

wood, rich reddish brown and dark brown patina, pokerwork, slender trunk with arms close to the body, tripartite neck and small head, abundantly decorated with incised ornaments, columnar legs with vertical striped pattern and projecting hips, ear holes for attachment of ornament, two drilled holes (coiffure/backside), slightly dam., base;
presumably a figure used in connection with the twin cult of the Temne, called “tà-bàri” .

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3039631 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 176.

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Comparing literature

Frederick Lamp hat eine Artikel über die Zwilling-Figuren (Tà-bàri) bei den Temne in African Arts, 41, 1, s.50-65 publiziert ("Temne Twins (Tà-bàri) Should Share Everything").

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