Standing male figure "za mä" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3035934

Description

brass, holding a gong in each hand, elaborate coiffure, belt, base;
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. The practice of creating group scenes is unique to these brasses. All brass castings are made by specialists, the “zä do mä”, the “brass working persons”.

The object Standing male figure “za mä” with the object ID 3035934 was part of the auction 75th tribal art auction on November 30, 2013. The object with the lot number 283 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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