Standing figure · Sierra Leone, Temne · ID: 3041540
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Provenance
collected in situ by US diplomat who had served in Sierra Leone in the late 1960’sRoy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1973)
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, traces of kaolin, proportionally big spherical head with flat chin, eyes and mouth marked by grooves, semicircular deepened ears with drilled holes for attachment of ornament (one broken), cracks, abrasion of paint
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3041540 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 116.
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