Colon figure · Angola, Vili · ID: 3032530
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Size
H: 44,5 cm
H: 17.5 inch
Description
hard wood, middle brown patina, accents in dark brown, european facial features with moustache, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off;
present figure of extremely hard and heavy wood is said to have been used for putting a hex on someone. But its nearly impossible for europeans to suggest the function of a colon figure or to interpret its mimic expression.
The object Colon figure with the object ID 3032530 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 483.
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Comparing literature
Hirner, René & Jo Späth, Colon, Heidenheim 2008, p. 10 f.