Hammock bar, ca 1890/1900
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87th Tribal Art AuctionHammock bar, ca 1890/1900
Sierra Leone, Mende
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Old British Collection |
H: 10.2 inch; B: 11 inch |
This object is not available anymore. |
wood, shiny dark brown patina, log with eyelets at both ends, human heads attached with wooden chain links, both carved with nearly identical facial features and grooved neck, coiffure/resp. headgear varied, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base
Krieger, Kurt, Westafrikanische Plastik, Bd. II, Berlin 1969, ill. 38
Hommel, William, Art of the Mende, University of Maryland 1974, ill. 75