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LOT 0386
Post Medieval 'Primitive Man' Statue
GERMAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
17 1/8 in. (7.5 kg, 43.5 cm high).
A copper-alloy statuette of a 'primitive' man, naturalistically modelled in the round standing astride a rocky outcrop, bare-footed and nude apart from a loin cloth, holding a club over his muscular shoulders.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
FootnotesLikely produced for illustrative anthropological academic purposes.
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LOT 0386
Post Medieval 'Primitive Man' Statue
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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