Specifications

  • Height: 14 cm.
  • Material: wood
  • Position: standing
  • Gender: female (?)
  • Indigenous name: itara
  • Price realised: € 5.292,-

Provenance

Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Brussels; Line and Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden; Christie’s, Paris 30-4-2024, lot 116.

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Additional information

Classic example of an itara effigy, angular and compact. Soot patina. Child on the torso with the same frontal expression.

Photo credits

Christie’s, Paris

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