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Figure anthropomorphe debout, env. 1900
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Figure anthropomorphe debout, env. 1900

Afrique du Sud / Sud-Est, Malawi ou Mozambique
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Provenance
Christie’s, London, 1980
Fernando Moncada, Lisbon, Portugal
Kevin Conru, London / Brussels, Belgium
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Taille
H: 69 cm
H: 27.2 inch

Description

wood, rest., base

According to Conru, this statue would have been most likely used as a didactic tool for a young individual’s education into the workings of adulthood.

Amongst the Venda for instance, such statuary would be used on specific oaccasions in initation ceremonies leading out of puberty.

Publications

Conru, Kevin, Southeast African and Oceanic Art, Brussels, 2005, cat. 12; Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Celle 2012, p. 11 (left)

AHDRC: 0115992

Exposition

Celler Schloß, Gotische Halle: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", 10. Juli - 31 August 2012
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