Male Statue
Tschokwe · Angola
Reference: EMS-5
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- Height
- 41 cm
- Material
- Wood
Enigmatic and curious statue. With one hand in the ear and the other on the opposite shoulder as in a listening attitude invites to think that…
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Enigmatic and curious statue. With one hand in the ear and the other on the opposite shoulder as in a listening attitude invites to think that it is a family altar statuette, presenting the ancestor attentive to the pleas of his descendants.
This statuette represents exactly the same attitude as some mintadi of the lower Congo steatite, specifically the one kept in the Luigi-Pignorini Museum of Rome, acquired in 1.887.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Angola. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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