Ikenga - wooden altar figure
A fine wooden altar-figure in the shape of a torso. Inased geometrical motif with antromorphic designs. Head with open mouth, big ears and a hat. Brown patina with leftovers from camwood powder and kaolin at the side and rearwards old drying cracks and sacrificious sisgns. collected in situ in 1915 in Nigeria, bought in 1978 in old german collection in Berlin. (= ex. coll Sackmann) 58 x 16 cm 9,750 kg stand inclusiv
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A fine wooden altar-figure in the shape of a torso. Inased geometrical motif with antromorphic designs. Head with open mouth, big ears and a hat. Brown patina with leftovers from camwood powder and kaolin at the side and rearwards old drying cracks and sacrificious sisgns. collected in situ in 1915 in Nigeria, bought in 1978 in old german collection in Berlin. (= ex. coll Sackmann) 58 x 16 cm 9,750 kg stand inclusiv
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