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Standing male figure, Nigeria, Kantana (Mama), Size: H: 54 cm (H: 21.3 inch), ID: 3040198
Standing male figure, Nigeria, Kantana (Mama), Size: H: 54 cm (H: 21.3 inch), ID: 3040198 - 2/4 Standing male figure, Nigeria, Kantana (Mama), Size: H: 54 cm (H: 21.3 inch), ID: 3040198 - 3/4 Standing male figure, Nigeria, Kantana (Mama), Size: H: 54 cm (H: 21.3 inch), ID: 3040198 - 4/4
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Lot 396
82nd Tribal Art Auction

Standing male figure ·  Nigeria, Kantana (Mama) · ID: 3040198

sold EUR 5,000
Provenance
Christie’s, London, 3 April 1979, lot 212
Christie’s, London, 29 June 1983, lot 132
James Willis, San Francisco, USA
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch

Description

wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, broad and round shoulders, resin-like mass inset with red seeds on breast, face and crest, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base

Publications

Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 23; Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris 2012, p. 59

AHDRC: 0091429; 0096413

Exhibition

Tribal Arts XIV, New York, 15 - 18 May 2008; Paris, Parcours des Mondes, Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Parcours des Mondes, Paris, September 2012

Africa
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