Sitting female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3041930
Olivier Larroque, Nimes, France
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, black patina, partly encrusted in some areas, metal tag eyes, miniature glass beads as ear and hair ornament (remains recognizable at the hair crest on the backside), breasts and round bulging stomach especially accentuated, bird-beak-like projection on the forehead and at the nape, slightly dam., abrasion of paint
The object Sitting female figure with the object ID 3041930 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 209 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,500.
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AHDRC: 0122494