Zemanek-Münster

Standing female post figure ·  Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3034063

Vendu 3 500 €
Provenance
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France

Description

wood, painted in red and yellow ochre, kaolin, symmetrical arranged body in static posture, raised circular tattoos on the temples, bold headcrest, the form of the trunk recognizable on the backside, inscribed “AJP 136”, slightly dam., minor missing parts (nose), cracks, paint rubbed off, traces of weathering (above all at the lower rim), on pedestal;
presumably coming from the interior of a men’s house “obu nkwa”, called “House of the Images”.


Littérature comparée

Cole, Herbert M., Aniakor, Chike C., Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 95 f.


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