Warrior figure - bronze sculpture on a partially openwork circular base, likely Yoruba/Nigeria, after 1900. Ethnographica - African tribal art - Auctionet

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5397113. Warrior figure - bronze sculpture on a partially openwork circular base, likely Yoruba/Nigeria, after 1900.

Warrior figure - bronze sculpture on a partially openwork circular base, likely Yoruba/Nigeria, after 1900.

5397113. Warrior figure - bronze sculpture on a partially openwork circular base, likely Yoruba/Nigeria, after 1900.

Description

male figure, in light armour with a wide ruff, elaborately styled hair, holding a slain crocodile dangling from a cord in the left hand, bands with large decorative bells tied around the ankles, height approx. 102 cm, weight approx. 21 kg, shipping by arrangement.

Condition

partially restored, partially brittle, losses.

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5397113. Warrior figure - bronze sculpture on a partially openwork circular base, likely Yoruba/Nigeria, after 1900.

Description

male figure, in light armour with a wide ruff, elaborately styled hair, holding a slain crocodile dangling from a cord in the left hand, bands with large decorative bells tied around the ankles, height approx. 102 cm, weight approx. 21 kg, shipping by arrangement.

Condition

partially restored, partially brittle, losses.

Item details have been automatically translated. We are not responsible for translation errors.

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