Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 329

An Igbo standing female figure Nigeria wood with a high crested coiffure

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £280

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Description

An Igbo standing female figure

Nigeria

wood with a high crested coiffure, facial and body scarifications,

37.5cm high, on a stand,

and a Mumuye pole figure, Nigeria, with a crested coiffure applied gum and hair, and with pigment decoration to the abdomen, 43.5cm high, on a stand. (4)

Provenance

Igbo figure - Ian Auld, London.