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Figure de sanctuaire masculine "alusi", Nigéria, Igbo, Taille: H: 150 cm (H: 59.1 inch), ID: 3052866
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Figure de sanctuaire masculine "alusi" ·  Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3052866

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1 500 €
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Provenance
American Museum Collection, Florida
German Private Collection, Hamburg
Taille
H: 150 cm
H: 59.1 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, insect caused damage, base

Figures such as these embody protective deities and were kept in the cult houses of communities and families. Once a year, they were presented in public ceremonies, thereby strengthening the relationship between the people and the deity.

Littérature comparée

Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984 p. 94 f. Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 204, ill. 284 & 292

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