Two female charm figures · Madagascar · ID: 3040261
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Provenance
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA (smaller figure)Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
Description
wood, middle brown patina, a) love-charm “mohara”, Mahafaly/Antanosy, h: 9 cm, glass bead eyes, various openings in the body for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam.; b) figure with drilled eyes and ears, h: 6,8 cm
The object Two female charm figures with the object ID 3040261 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 533.
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Comparing literature
Goy, Bertrand, Arts anciens de Madagascar, Milan 2015, p. 139, ill. 76