Zemanek-Münster

Small standing figure

Tchad, Sao
Vendu 475 €
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 523
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Taille
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch

Description

brass with patina, slender body with tube-shaped limbs, both hands resting above the prominent navel, simplified facial features, base;
the culture of the Sao is looked upon as one of the oldest of Western Africa. Most of the artifacts we know are excavations, figures of fine terracotta in human or animal shape.


Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 113

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