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Colon figure: Horse and european rider, Nigéria, Yoruba, Taille: H: 49 cm, ID: 3041208
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Lot 70
84th Tribal Art Auction

Colon figure: Horse and european rider ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3041208

Vendu 1 000 €
Provenance
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark

Description

wood, originally painted in vibrant colours (indigo blue, red, yellow), visible in various places underneath brown overpainting, european facial features with beard and pointed nose, carved with pith helmet and fly whisk, beautiful detail: shoes with spurs in stirrups, minor missing parts (hat, stirrups), breakage (reins), cracks

Littérature comparée

Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, ill. 51

Afrique
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