Standing male figure · Nigeria, Boki or Mbembe · ID: 3044723
sold
EUR 4,500
Provenance
Artcurial, Paris, Art Tribal, 7 June 2005, Lot 59Christie’s Paris, 15 Juin 2010, Lot 54
Size
H: 73 cm
H: 28.7 inch
Description
wood, strongly encrusted patina, base
This figure was collected in the village of Dongala, about 20 km distant from the town of Ikom in the Cross River State in 1973.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3044723 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 174 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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Comparing literature
Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, p. 273, ill. 86
Publications
AHDRC: 0010754