Standing female figure · Guinea, Loma, Macenta Area · ID: 3034607
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, two silvermetal rings, high-towering slender body with accentuated navel, geometrical scarification marks on the belly, unusual pyramidal coiffure with four horn-like lobes on the edges, “punched” facial features, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off, rep. (right foot), socle;
the Loma, who live in Northern Liberia and Southern Guinea, are often referred to as “Buzi”. At the same time they are often inaccurately called “Toma” in literature, probably because of the careless pronounciation of African names on the part of the original French settlers. Only few figures of the Loma are known. For a comparable see M. Meneghini, 2006, p. 53. But there is a variety of masks which are used during the “poro” mens society ceremonies.
L’objet Standing female figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034607 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 260.
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Littérature comparée
Meneghini, Mario, Collecting African Art in Liberia and Neighboring Countries 1963 - 1989, o.O. 2006, p. 53, ill. 18