Standing female figure of the "njayei" society · Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3038967
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Provenance
Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, SwedenSize
H: 48,5 cm
H: 19.1 inch
Description
light wood, matt black patina, voluminous round forms (shoulders and neck rings), proportionally small head with “lovely” facial features, coiffure in five lobes with projecting middle part, slightly dam., rep. (both legs above the ankles and at the base of the neck), base
The object Standing female figure of the “njayei” society with the object ID 3038967 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 174.
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