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Lot 54
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Standing male figure

Gabon / Cameroon
not available anymore
Provenance
Martien Coppens, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch

Description

wood, base

The front of the figure shows a thickly encrusted sacrificial patina, especially on the body. There is a cup-shaped hole in the crown for insertion of magical mass.

The figure was originally located in Cameroon (Duala). Coppens considered an origin from Gabon, possibly from the Kande (Okandé) of the middle Ogowe region more likely.

A clear geographic / ethnic assignment of the figure seems difficult to us.

Publications

Coppens, Martien, "Negro sculpture", Eindhoven, 1975, ill. 215-216-217; Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Celle 2012, p. 27

Exhibition

Celler Schloß, Gotische Halle: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", 10. Juli - 31 August 2012
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