Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 221
A Bijogo seated male figure
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £7000
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Description
A Bijogo seated male figure
Guinea Bissau
wearing a rimmed hat and with relief zig-zag side coiffure, pouting mouth and a ribbed neck, on a pedestal stool with his hands supporting the sides, the encrusted patina with egg shells and with a tied fibre and leather cord with chicken skeletal remains to his right wrist,
50cm high, on a stand.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Important Tribal Art, 29 Nov 1984, lot 171.
Romy Rey Collection, London.