Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 428
A Yoruba large maternity figure Nigeria wood
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Yoruba large maternity figure
Nigeria
wood, standing with a ribbed coiffure with remains of Reckitt's blue and with long eye lashes, with an infant on her back wearing a triangular amulet, both with ribbed 'bead' waistbands,
85.5cm high.
Provenance
Robert and Rena Lewin, owners of the Brook Street Gallery, London.
Sotheby's, London, 3rd December 2004, lot 70.