Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - 3rd July 2012

Lot 537

A Guro wood standing female figure

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000

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Description

A Guro wood standing female figure, with lobed coiffure and raised scarifications to face and back of neck, shallow shoulder blades and breasts, with arms down to the sides, a bead girdle around the waist and vagina, the legs bent at the knees with damage to feet, 21.75in (55cm) h, on a later metal stand. Provenance: Sotheby's, 30th Nov. 1981, lot 287