Lot: 187

87e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Imposant étrier de poulie

Sierra Leone, Mendé

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1970)
H: 46,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, shiny dark brown patina, in form of a standing fermale figure, the neck carved with rings, high towering coiffure arranged in fanciful plaits, incised tattoos on forehead and cheeks, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks, abrasion of paint (face, breasts), missing parts through insect caused damage (head), traces of cuts on breasts and stomach


Hart, W. A., Sculptures of the Njayei Society among the Mende, in: African Arts, 26 (Juli 1993), p. 46-53 & 86