Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 151
A Bura funerary head
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £567
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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.