Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 217
A Senufo seated female figure
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A Senufo seated female figure
Ivory Coast
on a stool with a carved waistband and scarifications to her abdomen and with her hands placed either side, with armbands and scarifications to the back, her head with scarifications to the lower jaw, cheeks and temples, with pierced ears and with a tripartite coiffure, the main crest with a pierced recess either side, with a fibre stand of cowrie shells,
27.8cm high, on a base.
Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.