Standing colon figure · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3039386
sold
EUR 250
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, light bronw patina, pigment remains, separately carved hat, round base with inscription, min. dam., missing parts (base, nose tip, lip), slight traces of abrasion;
presumably a work of the artist Thomas Ona Odulate from Ijebu-Ode Yoruba, Nigeria.
The object Standing colon figure with the object ID 3039386 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 370 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 98 f.