Standing male figure · Nigeria, Ibibio/Mbembe-Legbo · ID: 3043627
Dalton-Somaré/Leonardo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA
Joshua Dimondstein, Brussels, Belgium
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
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3043627 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 280 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,100.
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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