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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & Artefacts
• Sale Date:
  11 Feb 2018 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  184
• Lot Description:
  A MumuyeSpirit Figure
  This wooden statue called iagalagana are well known throughout the art world for their amazing abstracted features and form that the early 20th Century Surrealist artists greatly admired. The Mumuye show great respect for their ancestors however their statuary does not depict ancestors, but rather incarnates spirits. The statues show the status and prestige of their owner when he holds them in his hands. They are used by healers, who can cure ill health and other kinds of misfortunes. Nigeria.
  76 cms
• Provenance:
  Australian Private Collection
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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