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.
Comparing literature
Hirner, René & Jo Späth, Colon, Heidenheim 2008, p. 10 f.