Two dolls · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3042275
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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
The object Two dolls with the object ID 3042275 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 305.
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Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 53
Publications
Albert-König-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß 2001, p. 18, ill. 16
AHDRC: 0142271