Register Auction 107
Zemanek-Münster
Standing male figure with sword, Cameroon / Gabon, Fang, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3053567
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Lot 63
Auction 107

Standing male figure with sword ·  Cameroon / Gabon, Fang · ID: 3053567

Starting price
EUR 3,000
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
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Provenance
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Description

wood, pigments, cord, metal sheet, opening at the back, base

The cavity in the back suggests that this figure functioned as a reliquary guardian.

Publications

Eisenhofer, Stefan & Karin Guggeis, Afrikanische Kunst, München, Berlin 2002, p. 71, ill. 51

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