Figure masculine debout · Nigéria, Montol · ID: 3047881
Vendu
1 200 €
Description
wood, pigments, encrusted sacrificial patina in some places, base
Figural sculpture of the Montol belongs to the mens society “komtin”.
According to early records such figures were kept in small round stone houses (“dodo”), out of sight of women and children, where they dispensed justice after libations.
Littérature comparée
Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 282