Two dolls
Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Provenance
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 32 cm (male)
30,5 cm (female)
H: 12.6 inch (male)
12.0 inch (female)
Description
wood, polychrome paint, similar design: strong thighs, short arms, carved aprons, varying coiffures, min. dam., small missing parts (foot tips), traces of insect caused damage (coiffure) slight traces of abrasion, base
Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 53Publications
Albert-König-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß 2001, p. 18, ill. 16AHDRC: 0142271