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Description : Shrine object Boki, Nigeria ivory, wood, dark partly encrusted patina, upper part of the horn pierced with a kind of metal arrow, surmounted by a big human head with oval eyes, underneath a flat broad nose an openend mouth with full lips, raised scarification marks on both temples, crowned by a star-shaped coiffure, dam., cracks, signs of abrasion, missing parts, insect caused damage, on metal base, the Boki are a Bantoid group who live on both sides of the Cameroon border in the upper Cross River region. Their art shows clear affinities with the more stylized works of ethnical groups living towards the Benue. Because of the lack of comparable objects, the usage of this object is still unclear. H: 60 cm, (4654/002)
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Estimate (low-high) : 7200 EUR-10000 EUR It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 291
Title : Shrine Object Boki
Notes : Literature Bourgeois, Arthur & Scott Rodolitz, AK Remnants of Ritual, Selections from The Gelbard Collection of African Art, New York 2003, p. 25, ill. 56 Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, Surveying Africa´s Artistic Geography, Thames and Hudson, London 1998, p. 88, ill. 8
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 53rd Tribal Art auction
Sale date : 01 Mar 2008 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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