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50 - Nigeria, Igbo, Abiriba-Meister
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Nigeria, Igbo, Abiriba-Meister Weibliche Schreinfigur "alusi" Holz, Pigmente Sockel Laut Casanovas und de Grunne eine Arbeit des Abiriba-Meisters aus dem östlichen Igboland, wohl ursprünglich für ein Männerhaus nahe Abiriba. In einigen Regionen wurden solche Figuren jährlich öffentlich ausgestellt, neu bemalt oder bekleidet und mit Kolanüssen, Kalk und Flüssigkeiten beopfert. Gelegentlich wurden Tiere geschlachtet; ihr Fleisch, "chaff", diente als Festmahl, das Blut wurde den Schutzgottheiten geopfert. Mass: H: 132 cm Provenance: Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (ca. 1968/69) Anne Kerchache, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, France, 29 October 2008, lot 180 Ana & Antonio Casanovas, Madrid, Spain (2008) Bernard de Grunne, Brussels, Belgium Huf, Wiesbaden, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 67 Artcurial, Paris, France, 7 June 2016, lot 60 German Private Collection Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany Published In: de Grunne, Bernard, Ana & Antonio Casanovas, Igbo, Brussels 2010, cover + p. 70 f.; Schumacher, Ulrich & Rouven Lotz, Schumacher - Afrika, Hagen 2011, p. 83; Tribal Art Magazine, Summer 2016 (80), p. 24 AHDRC: 0093702
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