Idoma Female Figure, Nigeria

"ZA.57" painted in white on the reverse.

Wally Zollman, Indianapolis
Michael Oliver, New York
Myron Kunin, Minneapolis, acquired from the above on July 17, 1997

Museum of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, African Art in Cultural Context: Selections from the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection, February 28 - April 29, 1988

Theodore Celenko, African Art in Cultural Context: Selections from the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection, Muncie, 1988, cat. 11

Good condition for an object of this type and age. Erosion to back proper right part of bottom element. Some stable old insect damage including to back of proper left arm and center of back below shoulder blades. Age cracks, including to proper left side of the face and to back of bottom element. Cup on top of the head is weathered and eroded. Fine aged surface with remains of red, white, and black pigment and encrustation. Zollman inventory number "ZA.57" painted in white on underside of reverse. Permanently fixed to modern base.
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