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Description : Standing colon figure add to watchlistKamba, Kenia wood, dull, reddish brown patina, dressed in boots, shorts and a uniform jacket, holding a rifle in the right hand, the oval head showing a well-rounded forehead and cheeks with scarification marks, the eyes inset with greyish mass, the facial plane enclosed by big ears, surmounted by a fez-like headgear, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, fissures, small missing parts, the Kamba traditionally applied their carving skills to articles of daily use, such as stools, spoons, snuff bottles, handles for knives and axes, as well as prestigious ceremonial sticks. The first figurative carvings can be traced back to one man - Mutisya Munge - a Kamba tribesman, who joined the army in 1914 and at the same time began to produce carvings of Askaris and African people in traditional clothing for the purpose of selling them to Europeans. H: 29 cm, (4666/069) Provenance Private Collection, New York, USA Literature Stevenson, Michael/Graham-Stewart, Michael, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 72
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