A Fine and Rare Sakalava, Vezo, Female Figure, Madagascar

of overall delicate proportions, the female figure with slender legs beneath a wrapped skirt, the straight torso with pointed breasts, and openwork arms, the head with delicate features and wearing a rounded pendant coiffure; fine aged and weathered grey brown patina.

Pierre Langlois, Paris, circa 1972
Arne Eckstom, Cordier and Eckstom Gallery, New York, 1980s
Sotheby's, New York, November 17, 2006, lot 221 

good condition overall for an object of this rarity and age; surface heavily weathered as seen on photographs, left arm broken and reattached; fine aged and weathered grey brown patina.
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