Standing male figure with gun, around 1910/1920 ·  Liberia, Dan · ID: 3042485

Description

brass, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
by unknown Dan artist (compare E. Fischer, 1976, p. 188, ill. 183/184).
These genre objects are called “za mä” - “brass person”. These objects which are characterized by naturalistic form, never had any religious significance, they were used by chieftains as pure decoration.

Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976

Publications

AHDRC: 0133970