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Colon Figure

2009.05.0164

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Artifact Identification Colon Figure   (2009.05.0164)
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) 25 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 6.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 6.7 cm
Weight 194 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Wood, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Painting, Carved

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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