'MIJOA' DOUBLE BIRD FIGURE WITH CROSSED BEAKS
- Madagascar
- Sakalava people
- Late 19th - early 20th century
- ‘Hazomalany’ wood (faux camphrier)
- H.102,5 cm
- External certificates or test reports :
• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. # S00006677, 10th of December 2007).
- Publications :
• GRUSENMEYER Karim, ‘The Ancestor Transcends – Sculptural Art from Asia and Oceania’ – Tome III, Jan 2008, cat. # 23
• Bertrand Goy, Arts anciens de Madagascar, 5 Continents Editions, Milan 2015, p.264
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
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