Puppet in Colon style · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3037470
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
collected in situ (1920s)Peter Sloane, London, England
Size
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, carved with detailed uniform, moving arms (both with inscription “1405”), rep. (breakage left foot tip), missing parts (finger tips), slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Meynet, Denise & Michel, L'Art Colon, Lyon 2013, p. 164