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Colon Figure

2009.05.0156

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Colon Figure   (2009.05.0156)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Baule
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 28.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 7 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 6.7 cm
Weight 293 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Pigment--Paint, Plant--Wood, Varnish
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Painting, Lacquering

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Guenneguez, Andre and Afo. Art de la Cote d’Ivoire et de Ses Voisins. Paris: L’Harmattan, n.d. P. 159-161.

Ravenhill, Philip. Dreams and Reverie: Images of Otherworld Mates Among the Baule, West Africa. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.

Liking, Werewere. Statues Colons: Statuettes peintes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. NEA-Arhis: 1987.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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