Auction 100 ASIAN AND TRIBAL ART
By Bertolami Fine Art
Dec 16, 2021
London, Italy
December 16th 2021 at 12:00 noon CET
The auction has ended

LOT 307:

A WOOD ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTURE, IAGALGANGA

Nigeria, Mumuye

60 cm ...

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Sold for: €360
Start price:
200
Estimated price :
€300 - €400
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Auction took place on Dec 16, 2021 at Bertolami Fine Art
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A WOOD ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTURE, IAGALGANGA


Nigeria, Mumuye


60 cm high


Provenance: Italian private collection.

The art of the Mumuye was 'discovered' relatively late, around the end of the 1960s. Sculptures like this were used for divination and medicine. In the villages they were kept in common places intended for the initiation of adolescents, and in private homes to remember important people of the ethnic group.