Standing female figure ·  Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3036182

Description

wood, upper part showing oily “sweaty” patina, regular facial features with protruding chin, crowned by an elaborate three-lobed coiffure, metal earrings, rep. (both foot tips broken), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the neck rings are a sign for wealth and female beauty.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3036182 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 124 achieved a sales price of EUR 10,000 with an asking price of EUR 4,000.

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Comparing literature

Preston-Blier, Suzanne (ed.), Art of the Senses, Boston 2004, p. 78, ill. 18

Publications

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 58, ill. 101 f.