Figurine homme tribal africain
Creators: Carlo Spéder
Figurine of a fixed African tribal man, whose position seems anchored. His arms, forming bows, are pointing downwards, while his legs are spread and bent. The man wears an elongated headdress in two parts. The first begins at the level of his hair, made of platinum-blond fur forming a halo. It features a truncated wooden cone painted brown, adorned with details painted red, blue and white. The second part takes the shape of an inverted teardrop, decorated with similar motifs and topped with a small white-painted button and feathers. His wooden face features a spherical nose, cardboard half-moon ears, round raised eyes with turquoise eyelids and a downward gaze. His red mouth, forming an "O", reveals a white interior. His neck, made of a wooden ball, is decorated with three rings of increasing size: the first yellow, the second blue and the last red. His torso is bare and marked. His shoulders are covered in fur. His arms and legs are scarred with keloids. His elbows and knees are covered with a ring of curly fur, similar to a sheep's coat. His arms also have an iron spiral bracelet, a ring of iron and silver-plated plastic, and a bracelet of pearls: red and blue for the left arm, red and green for the right. At his ankles, he also wears an iron spiral bracelet. At his waist, a garment of patterned green fabric, similar to a loincloth or cover-up, falls forward. On it, a row of three necklaces made from a variety of pearls. Fur is also found on her hips. Her wooden feet are bare, with detailed toes and sculpted curves. These are attached to a piece of wood resembling tree bark, with red and green stripes partially visible.
Call number : CM-Ta-00117