Figurally carved post ("ancestor column") ·  Nigéria, Urhobo · ID: 3032781

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, min. remains of polychrome paint, rising from a massive round base, the figures arranged in two levels, each level with three female and one male figure, crowned by four heads, slightly dam., missing parts, cracks, traces of insect caused damage, on metal plate;
this unusual piece, which contains eight figures, was probably used as personal shrine.

L’objet Figurally carved post (“ancestor column”) avec l’ID d’objet 3032781 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 69th tribal art auction dans 2 juin 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 349 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Wittmer, Marcilene K., Arnett, William, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 43, ill. 103