A Bura head

A Bura head
Niger, circa 17th century
terracotta, with three relief scarification lines to the forehead, a ribbed coiffure, slit eyes and mouth with a triple ribbed necklace,
13cm high, on a stand. (2)

Provenance
Tom Phillips Collection, London.

Sold with a thermoluminescence certificate from Francine Maurer, Alliance-Science-Art, Paris, March 1994.