Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Anthropomorphic head sculpture

Sierra Leone, Sapi
sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Munich Private Collection
Size
H: 8,5 cm
L: 9 cm
H: 3.3 inch
L: 3.5 inch

Description

steatit (soapstone),

For generations, farmers in Sierra Leone and adjacent areas of Liberia and Guinea have unearthed small stone figures.

Broadly attributed to the forefathers of the present-day Kissi people and the vanished Sapi peoples, the carvings range from heads and half figures to full figures and groups.


Comparing literature

Lamp, John Frederick, Stone Effigies of the Ancient Sapi, New York 2018, p. 58, Fig. 57

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