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Statue, Sakalava, Madagascar — Sakalava Figure, Madagascar
Statue, Sakalava, Madagascar

Sakalava Figure, Madagascar

A carved wooden figure from the Sakalava people of Madagascar, representing the artistic traditions of East African sculpture. These ancestral figures held significant cultural and spiritual meaning within Sakalava society and practices.

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Auction House · Sotheby's

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Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie, d'Indonésie et des Amériques

December 8, 2022

Estimate: $15,000 – $25,000

Lot 48

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Statue, Sakalava, Madagascar, Sakalava Figure, Madagascar

A carved wooden figure from the Sakalava people of Madagascar, representing the artistic traditions of East African sculpture. These ancestral figures held significant cultural and spiritual meaning within Sakalava society and practices.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Folk Art, Tribal, Cultural, Monochrome, Sakalava, African, Figure, African Art, Ancestral, Madagascar, Wooden Sculpture, Sculpture, Traditional, Spiritual, Carved Wood, Wood Sculpture, Wooden Carving, Hand Carved, Malagasy, Ethnographic, Ancestral Figure, Traditional Craft