Standing male figure · Nigeria, Ibibio/Mbembe-Legbo · ID: 3043627
sold
EUR 4,100
Provenance
Louis Garcia, Paris, France (1970s)Dalton-Somaré/Leonardo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA
Joshua Dimondstein, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, pigment remains, slightly dam., cracks, sacrificial traces (hat, face), abrasion of paint, base.
For an object possibly by the same workshop see Bamert, 1980. Both figures show various similiarities: double eyebrows forming a pointed tip above the root of the nose, bean-shaped eyes, scarification marks on the temples, hat and pointed beard, or the forming of arms and legs
Comparing literature
Bamert, Arnold, Afrika, Olten 1980, p. 148, ill. 101 (AHDRC 0091674)
Publications
AHDRC: 0091679
Exhibition
BRUNEAF, Brussels, 4 - 8 June 2008; Tribal and Textile Arts, San Francisco, February 2009