Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" with headdress · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3037542
sold
EUR 4,500
Provenance
Leslie Sacks, Los Angeles, USASebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Size
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, traces of black paint, metal tag eyes, nail at the chin, ear drillings for attachment of ornament, fine grooved coiffure with long plaits at the temples, incised geometrical scarification marks, slightly dam., missing parts (left foot tip, toes right hand side)
The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with headdress with the object ID 3037542 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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