Figure féminine de marionnette, fin du 19e siècle ·  Nigéria, Eket / Ibibio · ID: 3045616

Description

wood, pigments, base

A comparable figure from the collection Roger F. Azar was published in 1979 by Neyt, L’Art Eket (Fig. 7). Another figure of this type was once owned by Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013), New York City, USA (AHDRC 0090269). A third marionette figure from the Helmut Zake Collection was offered on January 26, 2019 as lot 129 at Native, Brussels.

Littérature comparée

Neyt, Francois, L'Art Eket, Paris 1979, fig. no 7 (AHDRC 0090270) Native, Brussels, 26 January 2019, lot 129 (AHDRC 0159043)