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Figure masculine debout, Nigéria, Kantana (Mama), Taille: H: 42,5 cm (H: 16.7 inch), ID: 3053328
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Figure masculine debout ·  Nigéria, Kantana (Mama) · ID: 3053328

Prix d'appel
1 500 €
Prix d'Estimation
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Provenance
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USA
Museum of Primitive Art, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Taille
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch

Description

wood, organic mass, abrus seeds, handwritten collection number “1980475”, handwritten collection labels “80.47.5” and “L57”

The Kantana, formerly called Mama, settled on the Jos Plateau north of the Benue River. Besides the well-known “mangam” masks, they produce abstract figures whose function and meaning remain obscure to this day.

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Africana, München 1988, p. 147, ill. 132

Afrique
Figures

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