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Set of awélé with summit heads with distended ears.
See original version (French)
221
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Set of awélé with summit heads with distended ears.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
Set of awélé
with summit heads with distended ears.
Wood, honey patina, old use mark.
Mumuye, Nigeria.
95 x 18 x 11 cm
Widespread across Africa, the game of awélé played an important role in social life and trade. Among the Mumuye of Nigeria, sculpture is characterised by stretched forms and a marked accentuation of certain features, as shown here by the distended ears.
See original version (French)
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