Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 815
An Idoma wood maternity figure
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £300
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Description
An Idoma wood maternity figure, River Confluence Valley, with allover chip decoration, with a single crest coiffure and pouting lips, her back with a child having two pair of arms, white inventory number 281, remains of a handwritten paper label and black inventory number 34, 12in (30.5cm) high.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from James Keggie, September 1972.