Standing male figure · Nigeria, Montol · ID: 3047881
sold
EUR 1,200
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, encrusted sacrificial patina in some places, base
Figural sculpture of the Montol belongs to the mens society “komtin”.
According to early records such figures were kept in small round stone houses (“dodo”), out of sight of women and children, where they dispensed justice after libations.
Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 282