Standing Male Figure
Upper Benue River region, Nigeria, 19th/early 20th c.
Carved wood with shell
28.75” h x 4.5” w (73 x 11.43 cm)
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Price: $5,500
A powerful and early Upper Benue River figure. For a similar example, attributed to the Kantana (Mama), see object ao-0096420-001 at the African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre.
