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Figure anthropomorphe "jagana" ·  Nigéria, Vallée de la Benue, Mumuye, Tage de Kpwazang · ID: 3052006

Vendu 2 500 €
Provenance
Seymour (1927-2016) & Alyce Lazar, Palm Springs, USA
Bonhams, London, 2 July 2003, lot 163
Arte Primitivo, 18 September 2023, lot 644

Description

wood, kaolin, rest., base

Based on physiognomy, hairstyle, scarification marks and body formation, this figure can be located in the Kpwazang region and can possibly be assigned to a master “Tage from Kpwazang” (cf. Strybol, 2018, fig. 49-51 and AHDRC 0098314).


Littérature comparée

Strybol, Jan, Art and the Sacred in Mumuyeland, Oostkamp 2018


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