Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 250
A Mumuye figure
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1524
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Description
A Mumuye figure
Nigeria
standing with a domed head, recess eyes, a sharp nose and open mouth, with long rectangular cut out ears, with white pigment, the long neck with a neck band to rounded shoulders and bent arms and flat hands, protruding navel and bent legs, with an ebonised patina,
94cm high, on a metal base.
Provenance
John-Paul Raad Collection, London.