Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023

Lot 1409

A Bura funerary head

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A Bura funerary head
Niger, circa 14th / 15th century
terracotta, with applied eyes, nose and mouth, and with two notched horizontal girdles, with a hole to the top,
16cm high.

Provenance
Afonso Henrique Camino de Burnay.

sold with a copy of of a thermoluminescence certificate from ASA Laboratory, Francine Maurer.