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Lot 69
Mumuye Figure, Nigeria
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Mumuye Figure, Nigeria
lagana
Wood, metal
Height 36 1/4in (92cm)
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Collection (1904-1983), Beverly Hills
Sotheby's, New York, 21 April 1990, Lot 291
Joel Green Collection, San Francisco
Mark Eglinton Tribal Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Of grand scale in hard wood, the head with a sagittal crest with a metal inlay strip on top above eyes inlaid with metal, diminutive nose and bordered by large shoehorn-shaped ears; a cylindrical neck sloping outwards to proportionally long arms carved separated from the torso and bent at the elbows with hands curving inwards towards the enlarged umbilicus; the rounded hips above legs carved in zigzag form; dark blackened patina.
Wood, metal
Height 36 1/4in (92cm)
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Collection (1904-1983), Beverly Hills
Sotheby's, New York, 21 April 1990, Lot 291
Joel Green Collection, San Francisco
Mark Eglinton Tribal Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Of grand scale in hard wood, the head with a sagittal crest with a metal inlay strip on top above eyes inlaid with metal, diminutive nose and bordered by large shoehorn-shaped ears; a cylindrical neck sloping outwards to proportionally long arms carved separated from the torso and bent at the elbows with hands curving inwards towards the enlarged umbilicus; the rounded hips above legs carved in zigzag form; dark blackened patina.














