Two slat dolls "omolangidi", Nigeria, Yoruba, ID: 3037387

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Two slat dolls "omolangidi" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037387

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Provenance

a) Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
b) 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

Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 53

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