Anthropomorphic head sculpture, Sierra Leone, Sapi, Size: H: 8,5 cm L: 9 cm (H: 3.3 inch L: 3.5 inch), ID: 3050434

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Lot 28

Anthropomorphic head sculpture · Sierra Leone, Sapi · ID: 3050434

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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