Zemanek-Münster

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


The object Puppet in Colon style with the object ID 3037470 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 291 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Meynet, Denise & Michel, L'Art Colon, Lyon 2013, p. 164


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