African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1030
A Yoruba figure riding a bicycle
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £650
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Description
A Yoruba figure riding a bicycle
Nigeria
wearing a pith helmet and previously with a pipe in his mouth, with painted decoration, the underside numbered 110., and with a sticker inscribed Mrs Marshall Collected 1930s/40s and then by descent,
38cm high.
Provenance
Collected in the 1930s / 40s and thence by descent.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art and Antiquities, 19 September 2018, lot 334.