Female doll "venavi" ·  Togo, Ewe · ID: 3037441

Description

light brown wood, remains of kaolin, black paint, covered by a long dress, painted shorts with black dots, elaborate facial features and coiffure with side parting, rep. (breakage right foot), missing part (left foot), slight traces of abrasion;
a work of Adima Atiiogbe Mathias (1939, Zio - 1993) carving exclusively remittance works. His very elaborated and naturalistic figures show european influences of the colonial times (Colon style).

The object Female doll “venavi” with the object ID 3037441 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 97 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 43