Lot 136
  • 136

A Bijogo Seated Female Figure, Guinea-Bissau

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

seated on a crescent stool, the female figure with elegantly carved diminuative legs, long massive abdomen and rounded breasts, the openwork arms resting on the seat, with an aluminum bracelet around the right wrist, and a squared head with highly abstract features; aged varied brown patina with traces of red and black pigment.

Provenance

Maurice Ratton, Paris
Acquired from the above, 1958