Figural couple
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Lot: 149
98th AuctionFigural couple
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Jean Yves Coué, Nantes, France Jean-Louis Capuno, Lannion, France Pousse-Cornet-Valoir, Blois,14 December 2020, Lot 281 |
H: 16.1 inch & 16.9 inch |
4500 EUR
plus 23 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance |
wood, inscribed "Pelt"
Unusual pair of figures. The physignomy of the hat-wearing figure bears resemblance to a monkey, but the sexless body is human. The hat, borrowed from the former colonial masters, is often found on "iran otibago" figures of the Bidjogo.
Possibly the representation of a revered ancestral couple.