Rare slat doll "omolangidi" ("child from wood") · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3049089
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Paris/Saint-Maur, FranceGuy van Rijn, Antwerp, Belgium
Jos Beck, The Netherlands
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands (1998)
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, base
These traditional dolls are carried by the girls in a cloth on their backs, lovingly cared for, fed and decorated.
The object Rare slat doll “omolangidi” (“child from wood”) with the object ID 3049089 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 140 achieved a sales price of EUR 600 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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