Four-figured shrine sculpture
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93rd Tribal Art AuctionFour-figured shrine sculpture
Nigeria, Igbo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Marc Franklin, Portland, USA James Willis, San Francisco, USA Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1997, Lot 214 |
H: 17.9 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, pigments, rest. (base), pedestal
Cole, Herbert M. and Aniakor, Chike C., "Igbo Arts, Community and Cosmos", Los Angeles,1984, p. 93, ill. 174
Exhibited:
"Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos", Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Gallery, 9 October - 25 November 1984; New York: The Center for African Art, 12 March - 16 June 1985; Washington D.C.: National Museum of African Art, 31 July - 13 October 1985; Birmingham (Alabama), Birmingham Museum of Art, 5 January – 2 March 1986; Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 10 April –15 June 1986