Three dolls · Kenya · ID: 3034205
sold
EUR 340
Description
a) Turkana, body of a tripartite palm nut, dressed with a small leather cape and strings of glass beads, coiffure of leather strips, min. dam., on base, h: 12 cm; b) Talai, entirely covered by strings of coloured miniature glass beads, h: 19 cm; c) Kirdi, Cameroon, longish form, almost completely wrapped in strings of glass beads with attached shells, h: 20 cm; bases
The object Three dolls with the object ID 3034205 was part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction on March 9, 2013. The object with the lot number 488 achieved a sales price of EUR 340 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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Publications
a) Pracht en Kraal, Amsterdam 2006, p. 57
Exhibition
a) Pracht en Kraal, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam 2006