Description : Colon figure: soldier Nigeria, Ibibio wood, polychrome paint, movable arms, carved with uniform and military cap, dam., missing parts (fingers of the left hand), abrasion, rest. (both heels), metal plate, usually there are European pieces of dress and indifferent facial traits typical for the prevailing local style. A figure resembling a European because it is equipped with a sun helmet, a uniform, a tie, a wrist watch or similar items may just as well represent an African. Africans dressed in European style can be shown as early as the time of Louis XIV when the ambassador of the King of Ardra was received in the Tuileries. H: 66,5 cm, (5148/054) H: 26.2 inch Provenance Bonhams, San Francisco, USA
Prix: 0.00 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 800 EUR-1600 EUR🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 220 Titre : [ Tribal Art ] Zemanek-Muenster, Salle de vente
, Würzburg, DE🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 65th Tribal Art Auction Date de la vente : 28/05/2011🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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