Two slat dolls "omolangidi" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037387
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Provenance
a) Arno Henseler, Munich, Germanyb) Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, a) flattened form, both sides carved with stylized dolls, “Nigeria 1991” written at the bottom, min. dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion, h: 21 cm; b) only one side carved with doll motif, min. dam., traces of abrasion, h: 21 cm
The object Two slat dolls “omolangidi” with the object ID 3037387 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 101.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 53