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Anthropomorphic male

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Anthropomorphic male
statue carved of a figure, the hands symbolically oversized and the arms detached from the body.
His face has a beautiful soft and determined expression, the headdress ends in a sagittal crest and his ears are distended as usual.
Hard wood, old brown patina and shiny honey in places, discreet traces of natural pigments, arms with indigenous restoration.
Mumuye, Northern Nigeria, first half of the 20th century.
58 x 14 cm

Provenance: Former Lucas Ratton Gallery, Paris Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.


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Anthropomorphic male
statue carved of a figure, the hands symbolically oversized and the arms detached from the body.
His face has a beautiful soft and determined expression, the headdress ends in a sagittal crest and his ears are distended as usual.
Hard wood, old brown patina and shiny honey in places, discreet traces of natural pigments, arms with indigenous restoration.
Mumuye, Northern Nigeria, first half of the 20th century.
58 x 14 cm

Provenance: Former Lucas Ratton Gallery, Paris Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.

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