Two memorial plaques · Madagascar, Sakalava · ID: 3052641
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Jean Yves Coué, Nantes, FranceSize
D: 56 cm & 57 cm
D: 22.0 inch & 22.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, miniature glassbeads, male and female, handwritten collection no. on the reverse “Collect J-Y-L - 69 - 2279” (on both), sticker “Jean-Yves Coué Nantes No 178” (female plaque), letters “AG” burned into the wood (male plaque)
For a comparable object, see AHDRC 0174919.
These may be memorial plaques, as Madagascan art is strongly linked to burial traditions.