Lot 191
  • 191

A Leti Island Male Ancestor Figure

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

eyes inset with cowrie money shells (Cyprea moneta).

Provenance

Louis Carré, Paris
Valentine Gallery, New York
John P. Anderson, Red Wing, acquired from the above on April 27, 1935
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Valentine Gallery, New York, Comparative Primitive Sculpture, April 15 - 27, 1935

Condition

Good condition overall; small age crack through proper right eyebrow and right edge of the nose; two other age cracks through front of seat below proper left foot of figure and font of bottom of base; writing in pencil on reverse (illegible); varied medium brown patina.
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Catalogue Note

For more provenance information of this figure see lot 170.