Sitting figure · Inde, Naga · ID: 3034001
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, genderless, extremely short arms, with both hands supporting three anthropomorphic heads in front of the breast, incised jagged tattoos, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off, one of the skull rest., on metal plate;
the statue was kept inside of a dwelling or “morung”. “Morung” means the big community centre, which served as meeting place for men, as sleeping room for adolescents and bachelors and as protective shelter for the big drums, which were beaten on the occasion of important feasts. We know nothing about the function of the figure.
L’objet Sitting figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034001 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 71st tribal art auction dans 24 novembre 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 31 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Barbier, Jean Paul, Kunst aus Nagaland, Pforzheim 1986, p. 82