Standing figure ·  Nigéria, Chamba · ID: 3033422

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, horseshoe-shaped legs, stylized facial features, crowned by a conical headgear, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
Statuettes of the Chamba are quite rare. Present figure probably depicts an ancestor.

Littérature comparée

Fardon, Richard, Stelzig, Christine, Column to volume, London 2005, p. 82