Standing male figure
Nigeria, Boki or Mbembe
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.
Comparing literature
Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, p. 273, ill. 86Publications
AHDRC: 0010754