Standing male figure · Nigeria, Kantana (Mama) · ID: 3053328
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USAMuseum of Primitive Art, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Size
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, organic mass, abrus seeds, handwritten collection number “1980475”, handwritten collection labels “80.47.5” and “L57”
The Kantana, formerly called Mama, settled on the Jos Plateau north of the Benue River. Besides the well-known “mangam” masks, they produce abstract figures whose function and meaning remain obscure to this day.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Africana, München 1988, p. 147, ill. 132