Two erotic groups of figures ·  Benin, Fon · ID: 3036144

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Description

bronze with patina, each consisting of a male and a female figure, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
it is suspected that these figures were made by the same people who made the metal altar pieces (“asen”), who made an extra bit of money by selling these erotic bronzes to strangers.

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Publications

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 105, ill. 203 f.

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