Lot n° 148
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Statuette with female figure - Lot 148
Statuette with female figure
Sub-Saharan Africa
Wood, composite element, cord
Patina of use
Dimensions: 27 x 9 cm
Note :
Probably used for fertility, healing or divinatory rites.
The figure's head rests with a broad neck on a truncated cone-shaped body without legs, encircled by a cord at the bottom and featuring a small, non-pubescent chest and a slightly protruding navel.
The arms are short and simplified, the hands spatula-shaped, fingers slightly marked by notches.
Expressive face with projecting eyes, pupils inlaid with a hollow pinkish composite element, high-relief superciliary arches extend above the well-defined ears and meet at the bridge of the nose, which is prolonged by a flared, upturned nose, mouth slightly open and projected forward.
Cap with grid pattern on back of skull.
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