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An Ibibio Eket Figure

Nigeria

61.6 cm (24.3 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 150, Sotheby's, New York — May 19, 2001
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Estimate: USD 25,000 - 35,000
Unsold
Lot 32, Lempertz, Brussels — Feb 26, 2025
Art of Africa, The Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: EUR 14,000 - 18,000
Sold: EUR 20,160
USD 21,199

Publications

  • Soldan (Hans-Joerg), "Zur Frage des Kulturgutes der Eket", Baessler-Archiv, Neue Folge, Band XXXIV (1986), fig.10

  • Catalog.: "Dance and play in tribal art", Universitair Centrum v(UCLOS), Heverlee, 1983:21, #27

  • Bastin (Marie-Louise), "Introduction aux Arts de l'Afrique Noire", Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1984:210, #200

  • Expo cat.: "Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve IV", Brussels, 1994:65 (L. Van de Velde)

  • Schaedler (Karl-Ferdinand), "Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kulter", Munich: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1994: #144

  • Claes (Patric Didier) with Neyt (François), "Nigerian Primitivism", Brussels, 2007:11, #1

Exhibitions

  • Heverlee, Belgium: "Dans en Spel in de Primitive Kunst", (UCLOS), 1983
  • Brussels, Belgium: "Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve IV", 22-26 June 1994
  • Paris, France: "KAOS-Parcours des Mondes", 12-16 September 2007