A Superb Sapi Stone Figure, Sierra Leone

nomoli, the seated figure with raised knee, the left hand touching the chin, the head of typical features with full lips, wide nostrils, drooping eyes, with a hole inserted into the head, possibly for sacrificial use; two labels ('Mangio' and 'Mangio 7') on bottom; exceptionally fine glossy gray-brown patina.

Vittorio and Marina Mangiò, Monza
Johan Levy, Paris

Paris, Johan Levy Art Primitif, Pomdo, Mahen Yafe et Nomoli, September - October 2003

Aldo Tagliaferri, Stili del potere, Antiche sculture in pietra dalla Sierra Leone e dalla Guinea, Milan, 1989, p. 57, fig. 30
Aldo Tagliaferri, Pomdo Mahen Yafe et Nomoli, Paris, 2003, unpaginated, fig. 46

good condition overall; left foot chipped, nicks and scratches; exceptionally fine glossy gray-brown patina.
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