Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 450
A Mende seated female figure
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £220
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Description
A Mende seated female figure
Sierra Leone
with a ribbed coiffure and facial scarifications, a ringed neck, further scarifications to the top of the chest, the base of the back and top of the thighs, wearing a pair of heeled shoes, on a column stool and raised on an oval base, with a sticker inscribed A. 17 Nov 72 M. Pike, 5200,
56cm high.