Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 808
A Yoruba carved wood standing female figure with child
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Yoruba carved wood standing female figure with child, part ebonised with white pigment, with stylised coiffure with clasp to reverse, with a bar strap supported on her breasts and with a knotted sash around her waist with her hands palm and knuckle side on, her child with a single flat crest coiffure and with a strapped triangular pendant, with bead necklace (loose), with inventory number 16, twice and inscribed SEALY, 23in (58.5cm) high.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from G. Bloch, 1960's.