Standing pair of figures ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3036191

Description

bronze, the female figure adorned with protective amulet on the back, the male figure with scarifications on the upper arms, slight traces of corrosion, 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.

The object Standing pair of figures with the object ID 3036191 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 194 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,900.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 187