Nigeria, Igbo Lot n° 196

Four-figured shrine sculpture wood, pigments, rest. (base), pedestal H: 45,5 cm, H: 17,9 inch Provenance: Morton Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Marc Franklin, Portland, USA James Willis, San Francisco, USA Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1997, Lot 214 Exhibited: "Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos", Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Gallery, 9 October - 25 November 1984; New York: The Center for African Art, 12 March - 16 June 1985; Washington D.C.: National Museum of African Art, 31 July - 13 October 1985; Birmingham (Alabama), Birmingham Museum of Art, 5 January ? 2 March 1986; Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 10 April ?15 June 1986 Published in: Cole, Herbert M. and Aniakor, Chike C., "Igbo Arts, Community and Cosmos", Los Angeles,1984, p. 93, ill. 174 AHDRC: 0093559 Continent: Africa