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Item Details

Description

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Figur, "biiga"
Mossi, Burkina Faso (African Art, Art Africain, Art d’Afrique, Afrikanische Kunst, Tribal Art, Art Premier)
Gesockelt (base included)
Holz, Leder überzogen. H 19 cm.

Provenienz:
- Emil Storrer (1917-1989), Zürich.
- Galerie Walu, Zürich (2013).
- Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich.

Die für ihre Abstraktion geschätzten biiga (Kind) genannten Puppen wurden als Spielzeuge und als Fruchtbarkeit spendende Figuren verwendet.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Roy, Christopher (1987). Art of the Upper Volta Rivers. Meudon: Alain and Françoise Chaffin.

CHF 400 / 800
EUR 344 / 688

Condition

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