Female puppet ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3036745

Description

light wood, polyhrome paint, a long staff supporting a figure seated on a square base, holding two items, the neck largely coated with leather, supporting an oval head with hinged jaw, rep. (left foot tip), missing parts (leather), traces of abrasion

The object Female puppet with the object ID 3036745 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 281 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

David, Jean, Ogoni, Zürich 2002, p. 63