Standing male figure, late 19th / early 20th century · Kenya, Kamba · ID: 3053461
Starting price
EUR 1,400
Estimated price
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Allan Stone, New York, USAsold by his heirs
Gallery Jacaranda, New York, USA (2023)
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, metal, miniature beads, base
The Kamba traditionally applied their carving skills to articles of daily use. The first figurative carvings can be traced back to one man called “Mutisya Munge”, a Kamba tribesman, who joined the army in 1914 and at the same time began to produce carvings of Askaris and African people in traditional clothing for the purpose of selling them to Europeans.
Publications
Jacaranda, New Acquisitions Winter 2022-2023, p. 6 ff., ill. 1
AHDRC: 0202579